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Helen Ruth Spence: The Swamp Angel

Episode Summary

Helen Ruth Spence, aka “The Swamp Angel,” grew up in a tight-knit rural Arkansas community during the Great Depression. Unfortunately for Helen, the world she knew shattered when she became the only surviving eyewitness to her father’s murder. Helen’s life then became a collection of choices based on her desire for justice and need for safety. A truly unlikely outlaw, Helen Ruth Spence forces us all to ask the question, “What would you do?”

Episode Notes

Helen Ruth Spence, aka “The Swamp Angel,” grew up in a tight-knit rural Arkansas community during the Great Depression. Unfortunately for Helen, the world she knew shattered when she became the only surviving eyewitness to her father’s murder. Helen’s life then became a collection of choices based on her desire for justice and need for safety. A truly unlikely outlaw, Helen Ruth Spence forces us all to ask the question, “What would you do?”

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Sources:

• Title: Daughter of the White River: Depression-Era Treachery and Vengeance in the Arkansas Delta by Denise White Parkinson
• Audiobook narrated by: S.J. Tucker
• https://onlyinark.com/arkansas-women-bloggers/helen-spence