Betty Lou Bumpers (née Flanagan; January 11, 1925 – November 23, 2018) was an American politician, advocate for childhood immunizations, and world peace activist, who served as the First Lady of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975. Together, she and Rosalynn Carter ran a successful campaign to ensure that all American school children were immunized. Bumpers was also the wife of the late Dale Bumpers, the governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975 and then U.S. Senator from 1975 to 1999.
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Elizabeth Callans Flanagan 11 January 1925 Franklin County, Arkansas
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Died |
23 November 2018 (aged 93) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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