Singing Career
On July 3, 1925 at age 21, she married Waldo Shipton of Detroit, Michigan, a doctor whom she had met in college. The couple would have two daughters by 1929. Page tried out for the "Youth of America", in a singing contest hosted by Paul Whiteman, and won. With that, her radio career as a singer began, and her stage name was created. However, with her being away from home often with her new career, which often took her to New York City, she and Shipton divorced in 1932. By 1935 she was a regular on the Paducah Plantation, written and hosted by Irvin S. Cobb.
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