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Author Talk: Dorothy Padgett at Hudson Library
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Hudson Library is honored to welcome Dorothy Padgett, author of Jimmy Carter: Elected President with Pocket Change and Peanuts, for an author talk on Tuesday August 29 at 2 PM. Books will be available for purchase and signing at this free program.
How does a peanut farmer become Governor of Georgia and President of the United States? Only in America could such a story be true. Dorothy Padgett will talk about her book covering the most unusual Presidential campaign in American history.
Dorothy “Dot” Padgett, a native of Douglasville, Georgia, spent her young adult days working in the P.T.A., Scouts, and Sunday School. However, she is probably best known for her part in helping President Jimmy Carter get elected President of the United States. She was instrumental in organizing a unique campaign effort known as the “Peanut Brigade.” This was a group of 600 or more volunteers, most of them paying their own expenses, traveling in 18 states during the 1976 presidential primaries and general election. This proved to be very effective to have personal friends of Jimmy Carter knocking on doors and asking people to vote for their candidate. Southern accents were part of the appeal.
During the Carter Administration, she was appointed assistant chief of Protocol at the State Department. Padgett is a former member of the Democratic National Committee, the Georgia Council for the Arts, and the Metropolitan Mental Health Association. She presently serves on The Carter Center Board of Councilors. Padgett lives in historic downtown Douglasville, Georgia, and just celebrated her 96th birthday.
For more information or to request an accommodation, please call the library at 828-526-3031. Hudson Library, 554 Main Street in Highlands, is open 10:00 am-5:30 pm Tuesday through Friday and 10:00 am-4:00 pm on Saturday.
