When President George W. Bush nominated Linda Chavez to be Secretary of Labor in 2001, few people realized that this hard-nosed conservative began her career among socialists and labor union officials, teaching in college affirmative action programs and writing political propaganda for the Democratic National Committee.An Unlikely Conservative chronicles Chavez's journey from a poverty-stricken childhood to prominence as one of the most influential public policy advocates in the nation, and the sometimes shocking experiences that shaped her views along the way.
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"Brilliant, provocative, and moving." -- National Review
"Wonderfully evocative.... Chavez confronts, head-on, the troubling aspects of ethnic identity and American political culture." -- Washington Post Book World
"Wonderfully evocative.... Chavez confronts, head-on, the troubling aspects of ethnic identity and American political culture." -- Washington Post Book World
About the Author
Linda Chavez, a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, is president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a nonprofit public policy research organization in Washington, D.C. She writes frequently for such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and USA Today and is the author of Out of the Barrio, An Unlikely Conservative, and Betrayal. She lives in Purcellville, Virginia.
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I WAS BORN AT 6:50 P.M. on June 17, 1947, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Mexican American, Los Angeles, Supreme Court, Puerto Rican, Don Regan, American Educator, Civil Rights Commission, Linda Chasez, Ness York, Rights Act, Ford Foundation, Ronald Reagan, South Central, American Federation, Cisil Rights Commission, Democratic Parts, Situation Room, Washington Post, Ness Politics, Red Square, Campbell Hall, Judiciars Committee, Manhattan Institute, Miss Chasez, Ness Mexico New!
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I WAS BORN AT 6:50 P.M. on June 17, 1947, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lie ssas, assistant secretars, equal pas, one ssho, transition office, public liaison, lie liad, racial quotas, ads ice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mexican American, Los Angeles, Supreme Court, Puerto Rican, Don Regan, American Educator, Civil Rights Commission, Linda Chasez, Ness York, Rights Act, Ford Foundation, Ronald Reagan, South Central, American Federation, Cisil Rights Commission, Democratic Parts, Situation Room, Washington Post, Ness Politics, Red Square, Campbell Hall, Judiciars Committee, Manhattan Institute, Miss Chasez, Ness Mexico New!
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- Black Studies on Disk by G K HALL on page 71
- A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell on page 181
- Midlife Crisis at 30: How the Stakes Have Changed for a New Generation--And What to Do about It by Lia Macko on page 204
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- Midlife Crisis at 30 by Lia Macko on page 204
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