By BARBARA GREEN
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“It’s not what you know, it’s what you do with what you know.”
Enid Justin
That quote epitomizes the drive of Enid Justin, who founded Nocona Boot Company in 1925 shocking her family who predicted it would fail, but stayed true to her vision creating a company that endured for nearly 75 years.
Author and historian Carol A. Lipscomb uses that quote to open chapter one of her new book, “The Lady Makes Boots,” the first biography of Enid Justin. Using archival material along with personal interviews with Justin family members and boot company employees, Lipscomb has created a multi-faceted story of a pioneering business woman who did things her own way breaking through societal norms to create a multi-million dollar corporation.
Lipscomb released her new book, in late November hosting numerous book signing events in the area. The wife of the late Nocona area businessman, Richard Lipscomb, the couple spent the last 20 years living in Fort Worth, but the couple raised their family in Nocona for nearly 20 years.
Richard grew up in Nocona and met Carol when they were in college. They married after graduation and after living in Arlington a few years moved to Nocona in 1979 when Richard purchased the Chevrolet/Oldsmobile/Buick dealership.

“We lived here 18 years raising our boys, Rik, Kelly and Clark. There are still so many people here I love and am happy to see when I visit,” said Carol.
While she had earned a degree in history, it was not until her boys went off to college she decided to return to school to pursue her PhD. Once completed she taught for a while at the University of North Texas, but then decided to become an independent historian to research and write on her own.
Miss Enid’s biography is not her first foray into being an author. She worked with well-known historian Robert S. Weddle to create “After the Massacre,” a historical review of the San Saba Spanish expedition.

Read the full feature including a few excerpts from the new book in the mid-week Bowie News.