Hope and Hard Truth: A Life in Texas Politics

by Mary Beth Rogers

Book Overview

Mary Beth Rogers has led an eventful life rooted in the weeds of Texas politics, occasionally savoring a few victories--particularly the 1990 governor's race when, as campaign manager for Ann Richards, she did the impossible and put a Democratic woman in office. She also learned to absorb her losses--after all, she was a liberal feminist in America's most aggressively conservative state.

Rogers's road to a political life was complex. Candidly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477325735
• ISBN13: 9781477325735
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"