Morley Cowles Ballantine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 21-May-1925
Place of Birth: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 10-Oct-2009
Profession: editor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Morley Cowles Ballantine
- Elizabeth Morley Cowles Gale Ballantine (May 21, 1925 – October 10, 2009), known as Morley Cowles Ballantine, was an American newspaper publisher, editor, philanthropist, and women's rights activist.
- Scion of an Iowan newspaper publishing family, she and her second husband, Arthur A.
- Ballantine, purchased two Durango, Colorado newspapers in 1952, which they merged into The Durango Herald by 1960.
- The couple also started the Ballantine Family Fund, which supported arts and education in Southwest Colorado.
- After her husband's death in 1975, Ballantine took over the chairmanship of the family-owned publishing company, continuing to produce a weekly column and editorials.
- She received many journalism awards and several honorary degrees.
- She was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame in 2002 and was posthumously inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.
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