In 2024, April 2 was a red-letter day for Eatonton as Dot Padgett, at a spry 95 years old, delighted a roomful of fans at Georgia Writers Museum with humorous and captivating stories about her days working for President Jimmy Carter’s candidacy.Padgett wasn’t just a campaign worker from Douglasville; she was the architect of Carter’s so-called “Peanut Brigade,” a grassroots mov...
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