Sally Perdue (also known as Sally Miller and Myra Belle Miller)[1] is a former 1958 Miss Arkansas and Little Rock radio talk show host.[2][3][4] She was a top-10 finalist in the 1958 Miss America pageant.[5]
Miller is a 1960 graduate of Lindenwood College.
Fulfilling a childhood dream, Perdue traveled the length of the Great Wall of China on foot in 1990.[6]
She was awarded Lindenwood's 1991 Alumni Merit Award for professional accomplishment.[7]
In 1994, Perdue stated that she had had an affair with then-Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas in 1983.[4] She is one of three former holders of the Miss Arkansas title to have been extramaritally linked to Clinton.[4] She also stated to Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of The Sunday Telegraph that she had been asked not to reveal the affair by a former Democratic staffer in 1992, who supposedly told her that "they knew that I went jogging by myself and he couldn't guarantee what would happen to my pretty little legs."[8]
In 2005, Perdue settled a lawsuit over her dismissal from employment at the Friends School in West Chester, Pennsylvania.[3]
She earned a master's degree in Education from Regent University, Washington (D. C.) Campus, in 2006.
See also
- Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine
- Paula Jones
- Gennifer Flowers
- Elizabeth Gracen
- Juanita Broaddrick
- Kathleen Willey
References
- ^ "Whitewater runs deep". National Review. 1994-03-21.
- ^ "The Press and Whitewater: Shhhh". The Economist. February 26, 1994.
- ^ a b Lowe, Benjamin Y. (November 8, 2005). "Woman in Clinton affair gets $90,000; The former official at West Chester Friends filed suit, charging bias over her firing in 2003". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. B3.
- ^ a b c Plotz, David (January 29, 1998). "All The President's Women". Slate. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ^ Ten Enter Atlantic City Semi-Finals. (1958-09-07). The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959), p. A3. Retrieved 2008-09-11, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Washington Post (1877 - 1992) database. (Document ID: 121132944).
- ^ "Former Ark. Beauty Queen Beats Snags to Run Great Wall of China". The Commercial Appeal. Associated Press. November 9, 1990. p. A15.
- ^ "Area Universities, Colleges Graduate 22,000 This Spring; Celebrities Speak". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 12, 1991.
- ^ Hentoff, Nat (January 19, 1999). "The Trashing of Clinton's Women". The Village Voice. New York City: Voice Media. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
External links
- Our President/Their Scandal: The Role of the British Press in Keeping the Clinton Scandals Alive By Michael Goldfarb, Shorenstein Fellow, Spring 1999 (England)
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Suzanne Scudder | Miss Arkansas 1958 | Succeeded by Suzanne Jackson |