Roberta, a Most Remarkable Fulbright

Stuck, Dorothy D. and Nan Snow. Roberta, a Most Remarkable Fulbright (University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, 1997). This biography of Roberta Waught Fulbright captures the intensity and breadth of work that she pursued after her husband, Jay Fulbright, died in 1923, work that was central to the growth of Fayetteville during that time period. Roberta Fulbright was a newspaper publisher, bank owner and manager of the sundry Fulbright companies from the 1920s to the 1950s but is better known as the mother of Sen. James W. Fulbright.


2 thoughts on “Roberta, a Most Remarkable Fulbright

  1. Roberta Fulbright was a newspaper publisher, bank owner and manager of the sundried Fulbright companies from the 1920s to the 1950s.
    This makes it seem she was in the apple business. I think you mean “sundry.”

  2. Thanks for that correction, Ethel. We’ve torn asunder the word “sundried” from the description and added “sundry” in its place.

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