Frances Bemis

Frances Bemis (June 25, 1898, Fulton County, Georgia – November 3, 1974, St. Augustine, Florida)[1] was a public relations specialist specializing in department store promotions, a newspaper writer, radio producer, and a fashion director.She was contracted by various New York City department stores to develop advertising by staging various types of publicity events.Among the publicity events she staged at the store were a fashion contest emceed by gossip columnist and society figure Elsa Maxwell and a Thanksgiving Day circus in Central Park.Bemis wrote the press releases for the events she staged and occasionally made the front page of New York City newspapers herself.In 1943, Bemis enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and was stationed in Daytona Beach, Florida, giving radio addresses and coordinating entertainment at the local U.S.O.
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