Legislator in the Making
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As a high school student, Ann Willis’ interests in debate and civics provided her opportunities to practice those skills in the community. Here she (far right) participates with peers from her speech class in a junior town hall meeting broadcast on WACO. The program invited local teenagers to deliberate “the problems of youth.”
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Ann Richards
On a hot Atlanta evening in July 1988, Ann Richards emerged from deep in the heart of Texas to address the Democratic National Convention as the keynote speaker. The Texas treasurer’s rousing and pointed speech—sprinkled with her characteristic…