Betty Prashker. “Foto” courtesy of her daughter, Lucy Prashker.

We  remember Betty Prashker. The pioneering woman editor in the then male-dominated publishing community of the late twentieth century, died on July 30 at her daughter’s home in the Berkshires. She was 99.

During her half-century career, she was an associate publisher at Doubleday, and in 1982, became editor-in-chief of the Crown Publishing Group. Continue reading →