FA: MEMOIRS OF LINDY BOGGS - SIGNED

MEMOIRS OF LINDY BOGGS - SIGNED
Boggs, Lindy: WASHINGTON THROUGH A PURPLE VEIL: MEMOIRS OF A SOUTHERN WOMAN

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994. First edition. Signed by the author on the
title page.



>From Publishers Weekly
In 1973, Boggs became the first female member of Congress and in 1976, the
first woman to chair a Democratic Party convention. When she ran for the
House of Representatives seat left vacant by the death of her husband, Hale
Boggs, Lady Bird Johnson asked her if she thought it was possible "to do the
job without a wife." She went on to hold the seat for nine consecutive
terms, representing the largely black district in New Orleans where she grew
up. Boggs recounts raising three children (TV journalist Cokie Roberts is
her daughter), her enduring warm relationships with her Southern relatives
and friends and meeting the towering figures of our day. Her pleasing
memoir, written with freelancer Hatch, recalls with innumerable amusing,
perceptive anecdotes the New Orleans of her girlhood and the more than 40
years of politics she and her husband participated in, spanning the era of
Huey Long to George Bush. Boggs sees herself not as a feminist but as "a
bridge between old and new, liberals and conservatives, whites and blacks,
men and women, Republicans and Democrats."
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

>From Library Journal
When Boggs decided to run for her husband's congressional seat after he
disappeared in a small plane over Alaska, her friend Lady Bird Johnson
wondered whether she could do the job without a wife. Representative Boggs
proved that she could do the job extremely well without a wife, but her 30
years' experience behind the scenes helping her husband, Hale, by raising
money, running campaigns, and managing his Capitol Hill office was an
excellent apprenticeship for her own 18 years in Congress. Her memoirs
describe in a familiar and upbeat style the contributions that both Boggses
made to the country, Congress, and the Democratic party. Although she
originally intended to serve only long enough to complete her husband's
agenda, Boggs went on to establish her own legislative record, especially
benefiting women and children during the early days of the feminist
movement. While offering a warm and sometimes funny look at the ways
congressional wives must balance family, political, and personal
responsibilities, her book is also a valuable portrait of how women used
their influence in those "pre-empowerment" days.
Jill Ortner, SILS, SUNY at Buffalo
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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