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All the Way from Yoakum: The Personal Journey of a Political Insider
Marjorie Meyer Arsht
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Description for All the Way from Yoakum: The Personal Journey of a Political Insider
Hardcover. One of the founders of the modern Republican Party in Texas, Marjorie Meyer Arsht served as a state party committee woman and was the first Jewish woman to run as a Republican for the state legislature. In this memoir, she offers an account that provides an understanding of how the Republican Party came to dominate Texas politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 b&w photos, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
One of the founders of the modern Republican Party in Texas, Marjorie Meyer Arsht served as a state party committee woman and was the first Jewish woman to run as a Republican for the state legislature. Becoming active in politics in the 1950s, she was closely involved in the early career of George H. W. Bush. A member of the prominent Texas family that owned Foley Brothers department store and gave Cohen House to Rice University, she recalls the contentious mid-century division in the Jewish community over the issue of Zionism. Formerly president of the Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood, Arsht ... Read more
One of the founders of the modern Republican Party in Texas, Marjorie Meyer Arsht served as a state party committee woman and was the first Jewish woman to run as a Republican for the state legislature. Becoming active in politics in the 1950s, she was closely involved in the early career of George H. W. Bush. A member of the prominent Texas family that owned Foley Brothers department store and gave Cohen House to Rice University, she recalls the contentious mid-century division in the Jewish community over the issue of Zionism. Formerly president of the Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood, Arsht ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585444762
SKU
V9781585444762
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About Marjorie Meyer Arsht
Now in her nineties, MAJORIE MEYER ARSHT lives in Houston, where she still faces life with energy and verve.
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