Betty Bumpers

Betty Lou Flanagan Bumpers (January 11, 1925 – November 23, 2018) was an American health activist and civil servant. She was the First Lady of Arkansas, from 1971 to 1975. 

She was an activist for childhood immunizations and world peace. She and Rosalynn Carter ran a successful campaign to ensure that all American school children were immunized. She was also the widow of Dale Bumpers, former State governor and U.S. Senator.

Bumpers died on November 23, 2018 from complications of dementia and a broken hip in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 93.

References

Other websites
 Betty Bumpers Childhood Immunization Project Papers, University of Arkansas Libraries Special Collections

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