Millicent Fenwick: Her Way

Millicent Fenwick: Her Way
ISBN-10
0813532310
ISBN-13
9780813532318
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
282
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Author
Amy Schapiro

Description

The pipe-smoking grandmother sent to Congress from New Jersey at the age of sixty-four in 1974 is lovingly portrayed here, with details of her rise to prominence and the events that contributed to her reputation as the "conscience of the Congress." (Biography)

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