biography
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Stapleton, Ruth
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née Carter
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| lived:
| (1929–83)
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| biography:
| Evangelist and faith healer, born in Plains, Georgia, USA, the younger sister of President Jimmy Carter. She co-operated with other Christians, including Roman Catholics, and used her graduate training in psychology in a remarkable ministry which stressed the necessity for inner healing. In the 1976 presidential campaign she addressed the National Press Club in Washington, DC, largely on her brother's behalf - reportedly the first time that it had listened to a woman preacher. |
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