Pepper, Francie Garber: - Francie Garber Pepper is a fifth-generation Cincinnatian who has dedicated her life to advocacy for women's rights, children, and volunteerism while raising her own four children and hosting exchange students. She graduated from Smith College in 1962 with a degree in Spanish. She won a prize from the Spanish Embassy in Washington, D.C., a second trip to Spain. She then worked as an executive assistant and translator/interpreter in the legal department of a small international company. She, her husband John, whom she married in 1967, and children made five international moves. Her experiences abroad both as an international student with Smith College's Junior Year Abroad Program in Spain, seven years with her family in Italy and Belgium, as well as extensive travel around the world, have provided much inspiration throughout her life. Her challenges and joys in cultural immersion come to full color in her Epilogue/Memoir and her letters to her parents and family at home.