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==Background==

==Background==

Staff was born in Cleburne in Johnson County in [[suburb]]an [[Fort Worth]], to Robert Floyd Wright and the former Hazel Bishop. She graduated from the former Crozier Technical High School,  earlier known as Dallas Technical High School in [[Dallas]], Texas, and studied at the University of North Texas in Denton and received her [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park in Dallas County. She and her husband, businessman William Stewart Staff (1919–1995),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 8, 2011}}</ref> a  native of [[Washington]] State and formerly of [[Illinois]], had two daughters, Susan S. Causey (born c. 1952, wife of Paul Franklin Causey) of Grapevine, Texas, and Barbara Ellen Kimberly (1945–1990)<ref name=ssdi/> of  Bastrop, Texas, the wife of a [[Baptist]] pastor.

Staff was born in Cleburne in Johnson County in [[suburb]]an [[Fort Worth]], to Robert Floyd Wright and the former Hazel Bishop. She graduated from the former Crozier Technical High School,  earlier known as Dallas Technical High School in [[Dallas]], Texas, and studied at the University of North Texas in [[Denton, Texas|Denton]] and received her [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park in Dallas County. She and her husband, businessman William Stewart Staff (1919–1995),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 8, 2011}}</ref> a  native of [[Washington]] State and formerly of [[Illinois]], had two daughters, Susan S. Causey (born c. 1952, wife of Paul Franklin Causey) of Grapevine, Texas, and Barbara Ellen Kimberly (1945–1990)<ref name=ssdi/> of  Bastrop, Texas, the wife of a [[Baptist]] pastor.

In 1970, Staff took a political science course at the University of North Texas and became "furious ... with my radical liberal professor. I didn't think things were as bad as he was touting them to be."<ref name=sweeney>Julia Sweeney, "Barbara Staff picks GOP over Jamaica," the defunct ''Dallas Times Herald'', August 20, 1976, p. E3.</ref> Thereafter, Staff became heavily involved in [[conservative politics and Republican women's activities. She worked in the campaigns of [[U.S. Representative]] James Mitchell "Jim" Collins (1916-1989) of Dallas, whose political career ended in 1982, when he lost a bid for the [[U.S. Senate]] to [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Lloyd Bentsen]]. She also served as a volunteer in Collins' office, which she described as "quite a training ground. After you've worked in that office, you're equipped to do anything."<ref name=sweeney/>

In 1970, Staff took a political science course at the University of North Texas and became "furious ... with my radical liberal professor. I didn't think things were as bad as he was touting them to be."<ref name=sweeney>Julia Sweeney, "Barbara Staff picks GOP over Jamaica," the defunct ''Dallas Times Herald'', August 20, 1976, p. E3.</ref> Thereafter, Staff became heavily involved in [[conservative politics and Republican women's activities. She worked in the campaigns of [[U.S. Representative]] James Mitchell "Jim" Collins (1916-1989) of Dallas, whose political career ended in 1982, when he lost a bid for the [[U.S. Senate]] to [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Lloyd Bentsen]]. She also served as a volunteer in Collins' office, which she described as "quite a training ground. After you've worked in that office, you're equipped to do anything."<ref name=sweeney/>