[1] Betty Hanson's late husband, Eric Hanson, a veteran of the Burma campaign, also pursued a career in education, serving as the head teacher of St Thomas's School for 27 years before joining the Albert Road Junior School in Ramsey.
[1] Hanson entered the political realm when she joined the Isle of Man's Board of Education as a non-Tynwald member, where she served from 1971 until 1974.
[1] Following her election to the House of Keys in 1974, Hanson returned to chair the Board of Education as a full Tynwald member from 1976 until 1981.
[1] The awards were founded by Hanson and others as a way to acknowledge artistic achievements in Manx music, language, arts, culture and crafts.
[1] Betty Hanson died on June 24, 2008, at the age of 89 at the Elder Grange Nursing Home in Douglas, Isle of Man.