Blanche Lincoln Gained Political Prominence but Never Forgot Her Rural Roots
American politician Blanche Lincoln served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. She was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Arkansas since Hattie W. Caraway in 1932, the youngest woman elected to the Senate, and was mentioned as a possible running mate for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in the 2004 election…