Author Kimberly Heckler’s position in the Library of Congress Women’s History and Gender Studies Group uniquely positions her to write about Margaret Heckler — former Republican congresswoman from Massachusetts, Cabinet secretary, and U.S. ambassador to Ireland, who also happens to be her mother-in-law.
Similarly positioned is the author of the foreword, Jean Sinzdak, associate director of the Center for American Woman and Politics. Sinzdak’s foreword lays a solid foundation of context and awe for female political trailblazers as well as the lack of coverage their stories have received.
In the case of Margaret Heckler, her story is broken into three parts: her early (and sometimes unhappy) life, her time in elected office, and then her stints in two major presidential appointments under President Ronald Reagan.
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