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Betty Crocker ‘Homemaker of Tomorrow’ reflects on award more than 50 years later

Suzanne MacDonald, a Betty Crocker ‘Homemaker of Tomorrow’, shares what it was like to earn the award in 1966.
Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow test

A question that left a lasting impact

“What critical problems may arise if a homemaker attempts to combine marriage and a career?” 

That’s a question that has stuck with Suzanne MacDonald throughout her life. And that’s the essay question she answered on the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow test during her senior year of high school in 1966.