Betty Bumpers

Overview

Betty Bumpers (née Elizabeth Flanagan) born Grand Prairie, AK January 11, 1925. First Lady of Arkansas; child immunization leader; founded Peace Links as women’s network for peace and to avoid nuclear war, 1982.

Quotations

Why should we go to all the trouble of protecting the health of our children if we are going to incinerate them?” (Colleen Kelley, Women Who Speak for Peace, p. 131; photo littlerocksoiree.com)