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I attended the memorial ceremonies in Austin, where Bill Clinton consoled Ann’s children and I met former senator Bob Kerrey and spoke with Molly Ivins. An account of her wilderness experience in the Grand Canyon with David and Sandy Richards and Brady Coleman is in Ellen Sweets, Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins: A Memoir with Recipes (Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 2011), 239–240. I heard the humorous tales of Hillary Clinton and Lily Tomlin and the self-assured eulogy of Ann’s granddaughter Lily Adams. Archivists of the Shrake Papers at the Wittliff Collections found the eloquent farewell Bud Shrake read at the grave site that morning; they also shared with me Shrake’s e-mail interview by Brant Bingamon. Jeanne Goka described the mission of the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in Julie Tereshchuk’s “Jeanne Goka, In a Class All Her Own” in Austin Woman, August 2010. On a hot summer day, I visited the Texas State Cemetery, which Bob Bullock had made once again a place of beauty, and I stood alone for some moments before the graves of Bud and Ann, side by side in the shade of a live oak tree.
Photo Credits
Stills of Ann Richards by Alan Pogue; www.documentaryphotographs.com.
Profile photograph of Ann Richards by Jana Birchum.
Photo by John Haynsworth. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07757, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, the University of Texas at Austin (hereafter DBCAH).
Jimmie Willis Studio. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_00289, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07788, DBCAH.
Photo by Gene Dupre. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07715, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07764, DBCAH.
Photo by Jack’s Party Pictures. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07800, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07716, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07785, DBCAH.
Photo by Tad Hershorn.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07780, DBCAH.
Photo courtesy of Gary Cartwright.
Photo courtesy of Gary Cartwright.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07712, DBCAH.
Photo by Shel Hershorn. Hershorn (Shel) Photograph Collection, ca. 1953–1996, CN# 10793, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_00296, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_0775, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07709, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07804, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07751, DBCAH.
Photo by Tad Hershorn.
Photo by Tad Hershorn.
Photo by David Stark.
Photo by Tad Hershorn.
Photo by Tad Hershorn.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07711, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, CN# 10702, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07792, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07778, DBCAH.
Photo by Scott Newton, arranged by Doug Zabel.
Photo by Tad Hershorn.
Photo by Scott Newton.
Photo by Senate Media Services. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07768, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07847, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07777, DBCAH.
Photo courtesy of Gary Cartwright.
Photo by Ave Bonar.
Photo by Lisa Davis, Associated Press. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07774, DBCAH.
Photo by Ave Bonar. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07739, DBCAH.
Photo by Tad Hershorn.
Photo by Tad Hershorn.
Photo by Ave Bonar. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07736, DBCAH.
Photo by Alan Pogue.
Photo by Ave Bonar. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_00737, DBCAH.
Photo by Phillip Hamilton. Used with permission of Plainview Daily-Herald, Plainview, Texas.
Photo by Ave Bonar.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_00753, DBCAH.
Photo by Tad Hershorn.
Photo by John Makely, Houston Post. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07756, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07714, DBCAH.
Photo by Ave Bonar. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07795, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07843, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07745, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07759, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07760, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07731, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07744, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07763, DBCAH.
Photo by Ave Bonar.
Photo by Shane Bowen. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07721, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07772, DBCAH.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07846, DBCAH.
Photo by Shane Bowen. Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07730, DBCAH.
Photo by David Woo, Dallas Morning News.
Photo by Alan Pogue.
Photo by Alan Pogue.
Richards (Ann W.) Papers, di_07713, DBCAH.
Index
Italic page numbers refer to photographs.
The abbreviation AR in subheadings refers to Ann Richards.
abortion rights: AR’s support for, xxii, 77, 224, 316, 353, 354; and Costanza, 103; and Hutchison, 242; and Schlafly, 98; and Clayton Williams, 239
Abzug, Bella, 95, 98, 99, 102, 158
Acheson, Dean, 30
Adair, Red, 35
Adams, Abigail, 185–186
Adams, Bud, 336
Adams, David, 402, 408
Adams, Hannah, 402, 408
Adams, Kent, 350
Adams, Kirk: and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 181, 182–183; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 213; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 317, 381, 397, 404; and Congress Avenue Bridge march, 268; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; and Krueger, 355; marriage to Cecile Richards, 121
Adams, Lily, 408; and AR’s concession speech for Texas governor’s election of 1994, 402; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx, 180, 181, 183, 185; and AR’s public memorial, 421; and Congress Avenue Bridge march, 268
Agribusiness Accountability Project, 131
Albright, Madeleine, 419
Alcoholics Anonymous: AR’s commitment to, xvii, 114, 119, 121, 133, 184, 193, 201, 246, 391; and AR’s relationship with Bullock, 310; and AR’s relationship with Shrake, 193, 246, 330; AR’s use of AA language in debates, 225–226; and Clark Richards, 117–119
Alderton, Charles, 7
Alexander, Donna, 180–182, 187–189
Alexander, Stan, 35, 47
Allbaugh, Joe, 391
Allen, Josh, 276, 349
Allen-Shapiro, Janet, 215
Allred, James, 392–393
American Airlines, 329
American Civil Liberties Union, 33, 40, 104
American G.I. Forum, 348
Amnesty International, 393
Anderson, Jim, 167
Anderson, Joy, 167, 213, 274, 332, 339
Ann Richards Capital Council, 177
Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, 424
Another Pair of Aces (film), 299
Another Raw Deal, 109
Apple Computers, 324
Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority, 379
Armadillo World Headquarters, xviii, 49–50, 87, 88, 292
Armstrong, Anne, 241–242
Armstrong, Bob: and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 126–127, 128, 146; AR’s relationship with, 125, 126; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; and Endangered Species Act, 366; and General Land Office, 131, 140, 168; and Mauro, 131, 140, 146; and Texas governor’s election of 1982, 124, 134
Ashby, Lynn, 383
Asleep at the Wheel, 266
Associated Republicans of Texas, 367
Attlesey, Sam, 165
Atwater, Lee, 122, 189, 398
Austin, Stephen F., 423, 425
Austin American-Statesman: and AR as Texas state
treasurer, 156; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 133; and AR’s campaign for Travis County commissioner, 86; and Bullock, 126, 305; and Clements, 166; and Guerrero, 346; and Huber, 44
Austin Chronicle, 413–414
Austin Opry House, 246
Austin–Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, 91
Babbitt, Bruce, 366–367
Bailey, Chuck, 310, 311, 385, 386
Baker, Howard, 410–411, 412, 413
Baker, James, 123, 124
Barbour, Haley, 412, 413
Barnes, Ben: AR at roast of, 70; and George W. Bush, 398–399; and Connally, 93; and Farenthold, 69–70; and Kralj, 106; as lieutenant governor, 73, 378; and Reid, 167; as Texas Democratic Party fund-raiser, 71
Barrientos, Gonzalo, 78
Barron, Michael, 357, 360
Barrow, Clyde, 406
Barton, Joe, 355
Barton Creek, 93
Barton Springs Pool, 93
Bashur, Reggie, 255
Bass, Nancy Lee, 301
Baylor University, 5–6, 8, 11–12, 14
Beach, Patrick, 126
Beatty, Warren, 145
Beaudine, Bob, 380
Beck, David, 20
Begala, Paul, 212
Benson, Ray, 193
Bentsen, Lloyd: AR’s appointment for Senate seat, 351–355; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 184; and Bill Clinton, 351, 353, 364; and John Hall, 304; Hutchison replacing, 358; lobbyist activity of, 411; and Jack Martin, 124, 258, 268; and presidential election of 1988, 175–176, 182, 187, 189, 190, 196, 209; and Quayle, 189; U.S. Senate election of 1982, 123, 134, 135, 137
Berkeley, Busby, 179
Biden, Joe, 175
Big Bend National Park, 34
Big Bend Ranch State Park, 238
Bingamon, Brant, 49, 52, 193, 194, 425
birth control movement, 75–77
black-capped vireos, 367
Blackland Army Air Field, 8
Blackmun, Harry, 77
Blakley, William, 27–28
blind salamanders, 366–367
Blueprint for the New Texas (Holley), 279, 307
Bombeck, Erma, 98, 186
Bonar, Ave, 265
Bonner, Cathy: and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 179; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 248, 255; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 381, 387; and Bullock, 302; and Commerce Department, 274, 323, 324; and Foundation for Women’s Resources, 97; and South Padre Island strategy sessions, 268
Boone, Fletcher: and AR as governor, 265; as artist, 16, 299; and bridge parties, xv, 153; and Browne/Reid wedding, xvii; and Raw Deal, 101, 104, 109, 110; relationship with Libby, 110–111; and University of Texas Young Democrats, 20
Boone, Libby, xv, xvii, 110–111, 153
Boyle, Peter, 51
Boy Scout convention, 286
Bradley, Gary, 93–94, 128, 156, 166, 347, 367
Brammer, Billy Lee, 104, 109
Branch Davidians, 371–373
Brann, William Cowper, 6
Bright, H. R. “Bum,” 123
Briscoe, Dolph, 71, 91, 124, 129, 132, 292
British Medical Journal, 412
Brito, Billy, 348
Brito, Mario, 348
Brito, Richard, 348–349, 350
Brooks, Jack, 335
Brooks, Stan, 299, 329
Brown, Reagan, 132
Browne, Dorothy: as AR’s aide, 269; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 177; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 248–249, 258; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 213, 214, 215, 218; and AR’s prison system policy, 319, 321, 322, 349–350; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 380–381; and AR’s support of death penalty, 320; and campouts, 57; and Gary Cartwright, 267, 299; as deputy director of Criminal Justice Division of governor’s office, 274–275, 392; and Naishtat, 417–418; and Reid, xv, xvii, 109–111; and substance abuse programs in prisons, 321, 392; and Texas Civil Liberties Union, xv, 104; as Treasury employee, 153–155, 167, 201
Browner, Carol, 414
Brown v. Board of Education (1954), 21
Bryce, Robert, 413–414
Buchanan, Pat, 185, 333, 363
Bud Shrake West, 37
Bulldog Construction Company, 250
Bullock, Amelia, 125
Bullock, Bob: AR as rival of, 141, 172; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 127, 128; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 179; and AR’s dinner for Queen of England, 301–302; and AR’s ethics legislation, 291; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 385–387; AR’s relationship with, as Texas governor, 296, 302–303, 305, 307, 310–311, 358, 359, 373, 387; AR’s relationship with, as Texas state treasurer, 310; and AR’s State of the State address, 282, 283; and budget, 307, 308; death of, 423; early political career of, 106–108; and election of 1982, 124, 134, 135; and Endangered Species Act, 366; and environmental policy, 303–306; and lieutenant governor’s election of 1990, 241, 257–258, 260–261, 271; and Mauro, 131, 140, 168, 423; and prison system, 320; on public education, 302–303; and Rampton, 288; and redistricting, 308–309; relationship with legislature, 309; and Dan Richards, 111, 121; and Rieff, 274; and Scholz Garten, 337; and Preston Smith, 84–85; smoking of, 125, 306; and sobriety, 125–126, 271; and state income tax, 303, 308, 386; and Stravato, 277; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 170; as Texas Secretary of State, 84–86; and Texas State Cemetery, 425; and Mark White, 141, 144
Bullock, Jan, 301
Burger, Warren, 77
Burka, Paul: on AR as Texas governor, 285–286, 298, 309; and AR’s reelection plans, 268; and Connally, 273; and Hutchison, 360; on 60 Minutes profile of AR, 313; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 226, 285
Burnett, Warren, 49
Burns, Stoney, 40
Burundi, 356
Bush, Barbara, 240, 312, 331, 377, 378–379
Bush, George Herbert Walker: and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx, 181, 184, 185, 186; and AR’s public approval rating, 315; AR’s relationship with, xxi; and James Baker, 123; and Clean Air Act, 305, 377–378; and Rodney King incident, 335; as Midland wildcatter, 235, 377; political career of, 377; and presidential election of 1988, xviii, 379; and presidential election of 1992, 317, 333, 343, 347, 363–364; public approval rating of, 333, 363; and Republican National Convention speech, 189; and Super Collider, 324, 365; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 405; as vice president, 122, 146; and Washington Gridiron Show, 331; at White House dinner, 312; and Clayton Williams, 240; World War II service of, 375–377
Bush, George W.: and AR’s cancer diagnosis, 418; and Bentsen, 123–124; and Bill Clinton, 363; and Hance, 122–123, 165, 378; and oil business, 378–379; and Perry, 243; presidential election of 2000, 398; on public education, 303, 393–394, 399, 403; relationship of, with father, 243, 377, 380; and Rove, 122, 123, 244, 378, 380, 391; sobriety of, 243, 378, 391; and Sununu, 243, 380; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 237, 238–239, 243–244, 379; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 338, 380, 383–384, 388, 389, 391, 396, 397–398, 399, 400, 405, 406; and Texas governor’s election of 1998, 231, 423; and Texas Rangers baseball team, 243, 379; and Clayton Williams, 243–244
Bush, Jeb, 243, 379, 405, 405
Bush, Laura Welch, 123, 243, 378
Bush, Prescott, 243, 375
Bush Exploration, 378
Butts, David, 84
Caldwell, Neil, 34
Campaign Techniques Institute, 96–97
Campbell, Earl, 199–200
Cannon, Nancy, 90, 155, 161
capital punishment. See death penalty
Care Manor Hospital, 125–126
Carl, Carlton, 81, 84–85
Carpenter, Liz, xix, 127, 128, 142, 185, 186
Carter, Jimmy: AR’s relationship with, xviii, 97–99, 102; and Bentsen, 124; and George W
. Bush, 122, 378, 405; and Clements, 122; and Costanza, 97–98, 102–103; and Democratic National Convention of 1980, 108; and John Hall, 304; and Krueger, 354, 356; and Mattox, 100, 230; and Texas prisons, 278, 318; and Yontz, 78
Carter, Rosalynn, 95
Cartwright, Gary “Jap”: and AR’s campaign for Travis County commissioner, 81; and Bradley interview, 94; divorce of, 58; as friend of Richardses, 35, 37; interview with chimpanzee, 36, 37; and Mad Dog, 51–55; and McDuff, 320; as M. D. Shafter, 47; and Saritzky, 329; and Shrake, 35, 37–38, 39, 50, 51, 52, 58–59, 192, 194, 298, 299, 300; singing of, 267; star of, in sidewalk in Austin, 173; and Texas Monthly, 48, 140; trial of, 49–50; and Clayton Williams, 236–237
Cartwright, Jo, 49, 58
Cartwright, Phyllis McCallie, 58, 194, 267, 299
Carville, James, 212, 223, 229
Casey, Michael, 271
Cash, Johnny, 266
Cauble, Rex, 129
Center for Public Integrity, 413
Chapman, Barbara, 418, 419
Charly (film), 52
Chávez, César, 41
Chemical Bank, 324
Chemical Council, 284
Cheney, Shelia, 109
Chevron, 324
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, 235
Christian, George, 178, 258
Christian Right, 142
Christie, Joe, 34, 73
Circle C Ranch, 93
Cisneros, Henry, 145, 169, 172, 204, 255, 351–353, 358
Civil Rights Act, 273
Clajon, 235, 236
Clark, Allen, 133–134
Clark, Guy, 49
Clark, Ramsey, 393
ClayDesta Communications, 235, 250
ClayDesta National Bank, 235
Clayton, Billy, 140
Clean Air Act, 281, 305, 377, 396
Clements, Bill: and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 133; and AR’s transition team, 269, 271; and Bullock, 134; and Cryer, 134–135; and Mattox, 230; and Mosbacher, 258; and prison system, 319; and Rains, 199, 237; and Rove, 123, 134–135, 165, 287–288; and Superconducting Super Collider, 365; as Texas governor, 122, 124, 166, 169, 249, 274, 278, 281, 282, 284, 287, 316, 391; and Texas National Guard, 348, 349; and Mark White, 124, 135, 141, 165, 166, 212, 227; and Clayton Williams, 240, 249
Clinical Research Bureau, 75
Clinton, Bill: and AR’s appearance at Washington Gridiron Show, 331; and AR’s death, 420; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 182; AR’s relationship with, as Texas governor, 333, 334, 335, 364, 365–366, 405; and Bentsen, 351, 353, 364; and Cisneros, 352, 353; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 343; and Krueger, 355–356; and McGovern, 71; and presidential election of 1992, 333, 334, 335, 340, 347, 363–364; and Super Collider, 364, 365–366; and tobacco lobbyists, 412