Betsey Ross Wright was born on July 4,1943 and is an American lobbyist, activist, and political consultant who worked more than a decade for Bill Clinton in Arkansas.
15 Facts About Betsey Wright
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Betsey Wright served as chief of staff to Governor Clinton for seven years.
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Betsey Wright attended Alpine High School and received her higher education at the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts.
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Betsey Wright became close friends with Rodham, a woman she thought had the potential to become a US senator or America's first female president.
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In 1973, Betsey Wright moved to Washington, DC and began working for the National Women's Political Caucus, hoping the job would further Rodham's political viability.
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In 1980, ten days after his defeat for re-election as governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton asked Betsey Wright to come to Little Rock and help organize the campaign's records and files.
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Betsey Wright organized and ran Clinton's successful 1982 gubernatorial campaign, as well as his re-election campaigns in 1984 and 1986.
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Betsey Wright's duties included managing public support for Clinton's controversial education reforms.
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In 1990, Betsey Wright was elected chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas and was hired as its executive director.
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Betsey Wright resigned to return to Arkansas and assist Clinton during his run for the presidency.
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Betsey Wright served as deputy chair of the Clinton campaign during the 1992 election, but did not work for the Clinton administration.
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Betsey Wright is a supporter of the feminist movement, a prisoners' rights advocate, and strongly opposes capital punishment.
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Betsey Wright was sentenced to one year of probation and a $2000 fine.
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Betsey Wright appeared in the 1993 documentary film The War Room, a behind the scenes look at Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign.
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Betsey Wright appeared in the 2004 documentary The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill Clinton, a film adaption of the book written by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, and the 2012 American Experience documentary Clinton.