It is rare to read a biography these days that doesn’t trash its subject. Mary Beth Rogers’s book, Barbara Jordan: American Hero, presents Jordan, the first black woman elected to Congress from the South, as the consummate politician and Constitutional orator. Courage and commitment are the major themes in this haunting, important account of a woman who battled illness, isolation, and bigotry in her short, accomplished life.
Valiant Women is a vital and engrossing attempt to correct the record and rightfully celebrate the achievements of female veterans of World War II.
