Roberta J Newton was born December 16, 1912 to Robert Henry and Lula May Ingram Newton. She was raised with a brother, Gale Shelton Newton and a sister Josephine Lula Newton Everts Hoover.
On August 12, 1933 she married Henry Truman "Toots" McAlexander. They did not have any children.
Roberta was a sales manager for RCA Victor Distributing Corporation at Fairfax and Funston Roads, in the Fairfax Industrial district of Kansas City, Kansas. She worked for twelve years as a secretary with ever increasing responsibilities. In 1946, she was promoted and became the only female sales manager, directing a sales force of ten men, who covered the state of Kansas, and the western half of Missouri.
At first there were objections from the other executives, but she eventually gained the respect of her peers. "Alex" provided early electronics, such as television, radio and record players to her territory. She saw the first distribution of color televisions.
Roberta graduated from Piper High School and attended Kansas City Kansas Junior College. Later, Truman and Roberta bought, and managed, a motel in Springfield, Missouri.
Roberta passed away on August 6, 1976.
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1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Roberta McAlexander
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1913
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
Street: N 22
House Number: 526
Inferred Residence in 1935: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 9B
Household Members: Name Age
Lula Newton 56
John Joseph Everts 27
Josephine Lula Everts 23
Henry McAlexander 30
Roberta McAlexander 27
On August 12, 1933 she married Henry Truman "Toots" McAlexander. They did not have any children.
Roberta was a sales manager for RCA Victor Distributing Corporation at Fairfax and Funston Roads, in the Fairfax Industrial district of Kansas City, Kansas. She worked for twelve years as a secretary with ever increasing responsibilities. In 1946, she was promoted and became the only female sales manager, directing a sales force of ten men, who covered the state of Kansas, and the western half of Missouri.
At first there were objections from the other executives, but she eventually gained the respect of her peers. "Alex" provided early electronics, such as television, radio and record players to her territory. She saw the first distribution of color televisions.
Roberta graduated from Piper High School and attended Kansas City Kansas Junior College. Later, Truman and Roberta bought, and managed, a motel in Springfield, Missouri.
Roberta passed away on August 6, 1976.
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1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Roberta McAlexander
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1913
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
Street: N 22
House Number: 526
Inferred Residence in 1935: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 9B
Household Members: Name Age
Lula Newton 56
John Joseph Everts 27
Josephine Lula Everts 23
Henry McAlexander 30
Roberta McAlexander 27
Roberta J Newton was born December 16, 1912 to Robert Henry and Lula May Ingram Newton. She was raised with a brother, Gale Shelton Newton and a sister Josephine Lula Newton Everts Hoover.
On August 12, 1933 she married Henry Truman "Toots" McAlexander. They did not have any children.
Roberta was a sales manager for RCA Victor Distributing Corporation at Fairfax and Funston Roads, in the Fairfax Industrial district of Kansas City, Kansas. She worked for twelve years as a secretary with ever increasing responsibilities. In 1946, she was promoted and became the only female sales manager, directing a sales force of ten men, who covered the state of Kansas, and the western half of Missouri.
At first there were objections from the other executives, but she eventually gained the respect of her peers. "Alex" provided early electronics, such as television, radio and record players to her territory. She saw the first distribution of color televisions.
Roberta graduated from Piper High School and attended Kansas City Kansas Junior College. Later, Truman and Roberta bought, and managed, a motel in Springfield, Missouri.
Roberta passed away on August 6, 1976.
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1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Roberta McAlexander
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1913
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
Street: N 22
House Number: 526
Inferred Residence in 1935: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 9B
Household Members: Name Age
Lula Newton 56
John Joseph Everts 27
Josephine Lula Everts 23
Henry McAlexander 30
Roberta McAlexander 27
On August 12, 1933 she married Henry Truman "Toots" McAlexander. They did not have any children.
Roberta was a sales manager for RCA Victor Distributing Corporation at Fairfax and Funston Roads, in the Fairfax Industrial district of Kansas City, Kansas. She worked for twelve years as a secretary with ever increasing responsibilities. In 1946, she was promoted and became the only female sales manager, directing a sales force of ten men, who covered the state of Kansas, and the western half of Missouri.
At first there were objections from the other executives, but she eventually gained the respect of her peers. "Alex" provided early electronics, such as television, radio and record players to her territory. She saw the first distribution of color televisions.
Roberta graduated from Piper High School and attended Kansas City Kansas Junior College. Later, Truman and Roberta bought, and managed, a motel in Springfield, Missouri.
Roberta passed away on August 6, 1976.
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1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Roberta McAlexander
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1913
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
Street: N 22
House Number: 526
Inferred Residence in 1935: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 9B
Household Members: Name Age
Lula Newton 56
John Joseph Everts 27
Josephine Lula Everts 23
Henry McAlexander 30
Roberta McAlexander 27
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