Washington Through a Purple Veil: Memoirs of a Southern Woman

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At twenty-four, Lindy Boggs came to Washington, D.C., from Louisiana with her newly elected husband, Democratic Congressman Hale Boggs. FDR was starting his third term, Europe was at war, and Pearl Harbor was around the corner. She has been there ever since, playing an integral role in the key events of the last half century. Now, in Washington Through a Purple Veil, Congresswoman Lindy Boggs shares the triumphs as well as the trials of living a life of public service. In this intimate memoir - rich with ...
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At twenty-four, Lindy Boggs came to Washington, D.C., from Louisiana with her newly elected husband, Democratic Congressman Hale Boggs. FDR was starting his third term, Europe was at war, and Pearl Harbor was around the corner. She has been there ever since, playing an integral role in the key events of the last half century. Now, in Washington Through a Purple Veil, Congresswoman Lindy Boggs shares the triumphs as well as the trials of living a life of public service. In this intimate memoir - rich with anecdotes about "official" and "unofficial" Washington and illustrated with over thirty photographs from her personal collection - Lindy Boggs speaks about her congressional tenure, her family life, the faith that has sustained her through the disappearance of her husband and the death of her daughter, and all that is meaningful to her.
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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's 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.'' (Oct.)
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. Recommended for women's studies and nonscholarly political science collections.-Jill Ortner, SILS, SUNY at Buffalo
Mary Frances Wilkens
Growing up in a family of politicians in the privileged South set the stage for the Washington career of Lindy Boggs, who, taking over for her husband upon his death, represented New Orleans in the House of Representatives for 17 years. This intimate diary traces the experiences of a remarkable woman whose life was touched by the most notable people of our time. Lindy was inspired not only by her family, but also by the man she met in college and would later marry, Hale Boggs. She ran his congressional campaigns and stood by his side as both a wife and a political confidante. They had three children, all of whom made careers out of politics (the most famous is Cokie Roberts, correspondent with ABC and NPR). When Hale died in a helicopter crash in 1972, Lindy was the natural successor to his congressional seat. In spite of her political aspirations, she never softened her liberal views of the world or her support of the underprivileged, often alienating herself from her southern constituency. Although it is sometimes haughty in tone, this memoir nonetheless imparts a sense of Lindy's well-bred southern charm and natural intelligence; this is an engaging story many people will ask for in their public libraries.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780708958162
  • Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books, Ltd.
  • Publication date: 12/1/1995
  • Series: Niagara Large Print Series
  • Pages: 501
  • Product dimensions: 6.21 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 1.35 (d)

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