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Book SynopsisBetty Bumpers: Champion of Childhood Immunization and Peace explores the significance of Bumpers' work, situating her story within the context of the history and society of the late twentieth century. Her advocacy highlights social change through connecting and inspiring women, with prominent work in peacemaking, health, and justice. Her personal legacy emphasizes the importance of family bonds, community cooperation, and progressive citizenship in American public and private life.
Trade ReviewIn Betty Bumpers: Champion of Childhood Immunization and Peace, editors Anna L. Eblen and Martha Jane Eblen bring together Bumpers’s own words, transcribed from speeches, writings, and interviews, and reminiscences of Bumper by those who worked with her. What emerges is the portrait of a remarkable woman whose story, the editors note in their preface, ‘has spanned almost a century—from a childhood in the rural Arkansas Dust Bowl to adulthood in the DC Beltway’s halls of power to elder years back in Little Rock, Arkansas.”. . .Betty Bumpers blazed the trail for other women, including another former Arkansas First Lady, Hillary Clinton. . . .[Betty’s] compelling story as a political wife who transcended the boundaries of her time and role deserves to be told. . . .Strong-willed and determined, she accomplished what she set out to do [and] the Eblens’ slim volume pays tribute. * Journal of American Culture *
Table of ContentsEditors’ Preface Acknowledgements PART I ADVOCATING 1 Coming Together for a Better World 2 Networking for Children’s Health 3 Linking for Peace PART II DEVELOPING AS AN ACTIVIST 4 Family and Neighbors Survive the Great Depression 5 Community on the Eve of World War II 6 Marrying, Creating a Family, and Volunteering 7 Joining Political Life as First Lady of Arkansas 8 Living on the D.C. Beltway 9 Detaching, Returning to Arkansas, and the Future 10 Understanding a Life Story Bibliography Author Biographies Index
