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About this book
Mary Beth Rogers has led an eventful life rooted in the weeds of Texas politics, occasionally savoring a few victoriesāparticularly 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 lossesāafter all, she was a liberal feminist in America's most aggressively conservative state.
Rogers's road to a political life was complex. Candidly and vulnerably, she shares both public and private memories of how she tried to maintain a rich family life with growing children and a husband with a debilitating illness. She goes on to provide an insider's account of her experiences as Richards's first chief of staff while weaving her way through the highs and lows of political intrigue and legislative maneuvering.
Reflecting on her family heritage and nascent spiritual quest, Rogers discovers a reality at once sobering and invigorating: nothing is ever completely lost or completely won. It is a constant struggle to create humane public policies built on a foundation of fairness and justiceāparticularly in her beloved Texas.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Into the Well
- Part I: Winning and Losing
- Part II: The Personal Is Political
- Part III: Itās a Texas Thing
- Part IV: Threads
- Part V: New Beginnings
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index