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Betts v. Brady
Betts v. Brady, 316 U.S. 455 (1942), also called the Betts rule, held states need not appoint counsel for every indigent defendant, only under special circumstances; unanimously overruled by Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963.
Betty Boothroyd
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd (1929–2023), Labour MP for West Bromwich West and first female Speaker of the House of Commons (1992–2000), later a crossbench life peer; known for dropping the Speaker's wig.
Betty Broderick
Betty Broderick (Elisabeth Anne Broderick, born Elisabeth Anne Bisceglia, 1947) was an American convicted of the 1989 San Diego murders of ex-husband Dan Broderick and his wife Linda Kolkena; convicted of second-degree murder in 1991, sentenced to 32 years to life, died in prison 2026.
Betty DeGeneres
Betty DeGeneres, New Orleans-born retired speech pathologist and mother of Ellen DeGeneres, became the Human Rights Campaign's first non-gay National Coming Out Project spokesperson in 1997 and wrote Love, Ellen.
Betty Dodson
Betty Dodson, American feminist sex educator and artist, author of Liberating Masturbation/Sex for One, creator of Bodysex group masturbation workshops, repopularizer of the vibrator, later partner of Carlin Ross and Goop Lab figure.
Betty Ford
Betty Ford (1918–2011), born Elizabeth Anne Bloomer, was first lady of the United States 1974–1977, dancer and wife of Gerald Ford, known for breast cancer openness, ERA advocacy, and co-founding the Betty Ford Center.
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique (1963), co-founded the National Organization for Women in June 1966 and served as its first president, 1966–1970, leading EEOC lobbying and the 1970 Women's Strike for Equality.
Betty Hemings
Betty (Elizabeth) Hemings, 1735–1807, matriarch of the enslaved Hemings family at Monticello; daughter of an English sea captain, mother of twelve including Sally Hemings, six likely by John Wayles.
Betty Lou Beets
Betty Lou Beets, Texas woman executed February 24, 2000 for the 1983 capital murder of her fifth husband Jimmy Don Beets for remuneration; second woman and oldest person executed in Texas since 1982; case centered on battered woman syndrome claims.
Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum, born in 1954, is an American Democratic politician serving as U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 4th district since 2001, after serving in the Minnesota House.
Betty Ong
Betty Ann Ong (1956–2001), American Airlines flight attendant aboard hijacked Flight 11 on 9/11, made the first call reporting the hijacking, a 23-minute call to AA reservations in Cary, North Carolina.
Betty Ray McCain
Betty Ray McCain (1931-2022), North Carolina Democratic leader from Faison and Wilson; first woman to chair the state Democratic Party (1976-1979) and Secretary of Cultural Resources (1993-2001) under Governor Jim Hunt.
Betty Shabazz
Betty Shabazz (Betty Dean Sanders, Betty X), 1934-1997, American educator and civil rights advocate, wife of Malcolm X; raised six daughters, earned a 1975 education doctorate, taught at Medgar Evers College, died of 1997 fire burns.
Betty T. Ang
Betty T. Ang is a Filipina businesswoman who cofounded Monde Nissin, maker of Lucky Me! noodles and SkyFlakes, in 1979 and has led it as president since.
Betty Villegas
Betty Villegas is an American Democratic politician serving in the Arizona House of Representatives from District 20, appointed in July 2023 after serving on the Pima County Board of Supervisors.
Betty Williams
Betty Williams, born Elizabeth Smyth, was a Northern Irish peace activist who co-founded the Peace People in 1976 and shared the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize with Mairead Corrigan.
Betway
Betway is an online sports betting and casino brand founded in 2006, owned by NYSE-listed Super Group (SGHC), headquartered in Gzira, Malta, licensed in Europe, the Americas, and Africa, known for West Ham sponsorship and a 2020 £11.6m UK settlement.
Between Scylla and Charybdis
Between Scylla and Charybdis: idiom from Odyssey Book 12, where Odysseus sails a strait flanked by the six-headed monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, later localized at the Strait of Messina; means choosing between two equally bad options.
Bev Follow-On Fund I
Bev Follow-On Fund I, LLC is a Delaware pooled venture capital fund based in Boston, Massachusetts, that raised $150 million from 15 investors starting in May 2024.
Bevan Spencer von Einem
Bevan Spencer von Einem (born 1946, died 5 December 2025) was an Adelaide accountant convicted in 1984 of murdering 15-year-old Richard Kelvin, the only conviction in the unsolved 'Family' murders; he died in prison of metastatic cancer.
Beveled rim bowl
The beveled rim bowl, also spelled bevelled rim bowl, is a coarse conical clay vessel mass-produced across Mesopotamia during the fourth millennium BC, the characteristic vessel of the Uruk culture.
Beveridge Report
The Beveridge Report, formally Social Insurance and Allied Services, is a 1942 British paper by William Beveridge proposing universal flat-rate social insurance and identifying five giant evils.
Beverley Allitt
Beverley Allitt is a former nurse convicted in 1993 of murdering four children and harming nine others on Ward 4 of Grantham and Kesteven General Hospital in 1991.
Beverley McLachlin
Beverley McLachlin, born 1943, was Chief Justice of Canada 2000-2017, the first woman and longest-serving holder of that office, known for Charter section 7 rulings, the 2014 Nadon dispute, and later Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal service.
Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills High School (BHHS), 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA, is the public 9-12 high school of Beverly Hills Unified School District, founded 1927. About 1,173 students; 75% English and 60% math proficiency (2026); UC admission rate 67.8%.
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire
1977 fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, Southgate, Kentucky, during Memorial Day weekend; 165 died, mostly in the Cabaret Room. Third deadliest U.S. nightclub fire; no sprinklers or alarms.
Beverly Pingerelli
Beverly Pingerelli is an American politician and Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 28th district, after serving on the Peoria Unified Governing Board from 2015 to 2023.
Beverly Vance
Beverly Vance, also Beverly Aikins (born 1961), American registered nurse and mother of Vice President JD Vance; featured in Hillbilly Elegy, recovered from addiction, now a recovery advocate living in Middletown, Ohio.
Beverly White
Beverly Jean White (1928-2021), Democratic Utah state representative for Tooele County (House, 1971-1991), Utah State Democratic Committee secretary, author of Women Legislators of Utah.
Bevi (Hydration Labs, Inc.)
Bevi, the brand of Hydration Labs, Inc., makes smart water dispensers founded in 2013 that filter tap water into still, sparkling, and flavored drinks for offices.