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Bee Bloeser is a public speaker and award-winning author. She has lived in West Africa, the Middle East and Native American nations, and has supported her late husband’s public health work on five continents.

As a ten-year-old in small town Oklahoma, Bee had a dream to go to Africa and have the life she saw in medical missionaries’ filmstrips. Twenty years later, when she followed her husband to Africa in the campaign to wipe out smallpox, she loved the sights and sounds and her visits with a princess in a medieval palace. But she also learned hard facts of women hidden behind walls, tribal conflict, and a heartbreaking humanitarian crisis unknown to the outside world. Then, in a violent dictatorship, she and her family lived on constant vi ...more

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Vaccines and Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War

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Soul Pilgrimage: Knowing God in Everyday Life

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The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox was emotionally gripping for me, often bringing more than a few tears. The author accurately portrays smallpox in all its horror, as well as the courage and sacrifice of those who join the ...more
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“When you struggle for mere survival, wouldn’t it seem senseless to send men to walk around on the moon? Spending money that could have provided food, shelter and medical care to so many?”
― Bee Bloeser, Vaccines and Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War

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“He came home from first grade saying he didn’t like his school. When I asked why, he said, “Everybody is just plain white.” Yes, there were things he missed.”
― Bee Bloeser, Vaccines and Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War

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