Roberta, a most remarkable Fulbright / Dorothy D. Stuck & Nan Snow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stuck, Dorothy D., 1921-

Contributor:

Snow, Nan, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fulbright, Roberta Waugh, 1874-1953.

Fulbright, Roberta Waugh.

Women journalists--Arkansas--Biography.

Women journalists.

Arkansas.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 273 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 1997.

Summary:

Obscured in history by her internationally renowned son, Sen. J. William Fulbright, Roberta Waugh Fulbright was, nonetheless, an extraordinary person deserving of tribute. Here, finally and fittingly, is her biography - a sensitive portrait of a complex woman who was one of Arkansas's dominant figures. Traditional mother of six children, gardener, thinker, and provocative conversationalist, Roberta Fulbright became a sudden widow at age forty-nine. She eventually took charge of the inherited, fragmented business holdings originally assembled by her husband, Jay, and molded them into a multi-enterprise family firm. As such, she emerged as an influential newspaper publisher and columnist, bank president, savvy business owner, and conscientious civic crusader. Through her own self-confidence and canny business sense, she became a formidable competitor in Fayetteville's male-dominated business establishment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.

ISBN:

1557284601

OCLC:

35292676