Born Lucille Thornburg to Frances Babcock Thornburg and John Thornburg. Her father deserted the family while Lucille was still an infant; she changed her name to Babcock during her career as an actress.
Known as a "defender of the underdog" she once recalled that "No one ever told me fighting was wrong".
Served in the Women's Army Corp (WAC) during World War II; was injured when a "Screaming Mimi" (a piece of German rocket artillery) overturned the ambulance she was driving in Naples Harbor.
She worked for integration in Little Rock, Arkansas and began a weekly poetry column for the Arkansas Gazette. In July, 1987 she came to the rescue of a woman who had been attacked by warding off the attacker with a cane (all the while wearing a back brace herself). She was subsequently honored by the Little Rock Rape Crisis Center and Governor Bill Clinton presented her with a commendation for her bravery. Features about her spread throughout the country and the Smithsonian requested her cane which she promised to donate but the cane was later stolen from her grocery cart. In May, 1988 she was awarded the Carnegie Hero Award.
Source: www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net
Known as a "defender of the underdog" she once recalled that "No one ever told me fighting was wrong".
Served in the Women's Army Corp (WAC) during World War II; was injured when a "Screaming Mimi" (a piece of German rocket artillery) overturned the ambulance she was driving in Naples Harbor.
She worked for integration in Little Rock, Arkansas and began a weekly poetry column for the Arkansas Gazette. In July, 1987 she came to the rescue of a woman who had been attacked by warding off the attacker with a cane (all the while wearing a back brace herself). She was subsequently honored by the Little Rock Rape Crisis Center and Governor Bill Clinton presented her with a commendation for her bravery. Features about her spread throughout the country and the Smithsonian requested her cane which she promised to donate but the cane was later stolen from her grocery cart. In May, 1988 she was awarded the Carnegie Hero Award.
Source: www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net
Born Lucille Thornburg to Frances Babcock Thornburg and John Thornburg. Her father deserted the family while Lucille was still an infant; she changed her name to Babcock during her career as an actress.
Known as a "defender of the underdog" she once recalled that "No one ever told me fighting was wrong".
Served in the Women's Army Corp (WAC) during World War II; was injured when a "Screaming Mimi" (a piece of German rocket artillery) overturned the ambulance she was driving in Naples Harbor.
She worked for integration in Little Rock, Arkansas and began a weekly poetry column for the Arkansas Gazette. In July, 1987 she came to the rescue of a woman who had been attacked by warding off the attacker with a cane (all the while wearing a back brace herself). She was subsequently honored by the Little Rock Rape Crisis Center and Governor Bill Clinton presented her with a commendation for her bravery. Features about her spread throughout the country and the Smithsonian requested her cane which she promised to donate but the cane was later stolen from her grocery cart. In May, 1988 she was awarded the Carnegie Hero Award.
Source: www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net
Known as a "defender of the underdog" she once recalled that "No one ever told me fighting was wrong".
Served in the Women's Army Corp (WAC) during World War II; was injured when a "Screaming Mimi" (a piece of German rocket artillery) overturned the ambulance she was driving in Naples Harbor.
She worked for integration in Little Rock, Arkansas and began a weekly poetry column for the Arkansas Gazette. In July, 1987 she came to the rescue of a woman who had been attacked by warding off the attacker with a cane (all the while wearing a back brace herself). She was subsequently honored by the Little Rock Rape Crisis Center and Governor Bill Clinton presented her with a commendation for her bravery. Features about her spread throughout the country and the Smithsonian requested her cane which she promised to donate but the cane was later stolen from her grocery cart. In May, 1988 she was awarded the Carnegie Hero Award.
Source: www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net
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