With a history dedicated to research and education, Linda Chavez has proven she is not afraid to challenge the system. Her work focuses on politics and the role of Hispanics from a conservative point of view.
The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The New Republic, and Reader's Digest have published Chavez's work, and she wrote a weekly column for USA Today. Her book, Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation (Basic Books, 1991), explores Hispanic achievements and progress and deals with such issues as immigration, affirmative action, bilingual education, and voting rights. Chavez has also written "From Sugar Daddies to Uncle Sam." Chavez was also editor of the prize-winning quarterly journal of the American Federation of Teachers, American Educator, from 1977 to 1983.
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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