The first ardent feminist elected to high office in America, she opened up public service to women, blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, gays, and the disabled. In 1990, Richards won the governorship of Texas, upsetting the GOP’s colorful rancher and oilman Clayton Williams. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth”-she instantly became a media celebrity and triggered a rivalry that would alter the course of American history. When Ann Richards delivered the keynote of the 1988 Democratic National Convention and mocked President George H. Liz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women, Texas State Historical Association, 2012 Winner, Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize, Texas State Historical Association, 2012 Wife, Mother,įeminist, Friend and Politician, in this book Ann Richards the whole She was a lot of things to a lot of people. She never chose between her family and her Remarkable story of how she earned her place among those colorful, This fullyįramed and unflinching portrait of Ann Richards’ life tells the Its fair share of colorful and influential political figures. The Lone Star State has produced more than Is a vibrant, full palette portrait of the most important woman in the From start to finish, it’s a compelling read. I’ve read a lot of history and political biography. The child of Democrats in a state leaving the party of LBJ in droves for "For me, Ann Richards was Texas politics.
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