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Renee L’Esperance
Find out how this Haitian became Mavis Beacon, and what she earned for teaching the world to type
Mavis Beacon, of “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” fame, was never a real person; her image, however, became an icon of the software created by Software Toolworks. Les Crane, a former disc jockey and host of The Les Crane Show in 1964, founded Software Toolworks in 1980 with Walt Bilofsky and Joe Abrams. According to a…
