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Richards, Ann, marriage to David Richards: and AR’s political career, 82, 83, 97, 100, 103, 105, 127–128, 409; Austin house of, 44–46; and campouts, 35, 57; and Cecile Richard’s birth, 17, 18, 19; and communication, 102; and dating life, 8–9, 11, 12, 13; and David Richards’s moving out, 116; and divorce, xvii, 150–151, 154, 191; and European trip, 61–63; and family life, 41–42, 43; family photograph, 56; and fidelity, 53; and pregnancies, 16–17, 21, 28, 33; problems in, xvii, 83, 102, 103–104, 105, 113, 115, 116; and reconciliations, xvii, 121; and San Gabriel River property, 57, 127, 151; separation of, 121, 127, 130, 135, 149–151, 191; social life of, xviii; wedding of, 12, 14; and whitewater rafting, 34, 73, 99–100, 115
Richards, Cecile: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 112; and AR’s campaign for Texas governor, 213, 221, 222; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 120, 133; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 181; and AR’s travel, 415; birth of, 17, 18, 19; childhood of, 22, 32, 34–35, 40, 41–42, 43, 45, 48–49; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; education of, 111, 117; and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 424; as teenager, 59–60, 62; as union organizer, 121; and Vietnam War protest, 59–60
Richards, Clark: alcohol problems of, 117–119; and AR’s concession speech of 1994, 402; and AR’s esophageal cancer treatment, 420; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 259; on AR’s political career, 127–128, 416–417; birth of, 25, 28; childhood of, 43, 44, 55, 61, 62; and divorce of parents, 116–117, 118; education of, 111, 117–118, 121; as election precinct chair, 87; legal career of, 117, 424; as teenager, 110
Richards, Dan: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 111–112, 113; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 128, 130, 132, 133; and AR’s concession speech of 1994, 402; on AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 224–225, 226; birth of, 22; childhood of, 40, 43, 45; education of, 111, 117; legal career of, 117, 424; as teenager, 59–60; work of, in Bullock’s warehouse, 111, 121
Richards, David: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, xvii, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 128, 135, 135; on AR’s election as Texas governor, 273; and AR’s election as Travis County commissioner, 82; and AR’s esophageal cancer treatment, 419–420; and Fletcher Boone, 101; childhood of, 7–8; early political involvement of, 15–16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 35, 38, 41, 73, 81; education of, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 378; Ivins’s column on, 314; and Ivins’s trip to Grand Canyon, 421–422; and Kennedy’s Dallas trip, 32; legal career of, 17, 19–20, 21, 22, 24–25, 27, 33, 34, 39–40, 43–44, 47, 49, 52, 69, 85–86, 103–104, 127, 314, 424; and Mad Dog, 44, 50–51, 52, 53–54; Mattox essay of, 230–232; as Mattox’s chief of litigation, 142, 143, 170–171, 177, 213, 230–231, 314; and potential Fifth Circuit judicial appointment, 100, 102–103; and redistricting, 309; and Robin Hood, 9, 15, 307; as teenager, 8–9; and Sam Whitten’s eulogy, 155. See also Richards, Ann, marriage to David Richards
Richards, Dick “Cul,” 7–8
Richards, Eleanor, 7, 8, 11, 17, 62
Richards, Ellen: and Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, 424; and AR’s campaign for governor, 213; and AR’s concession speech of 1994, 402; and AR’s death, 420; and AR’s esophageal cancer treatment, 419; birth of, 33; childhood of, 43, 61–62, 97; and Bill Clinton, 334; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; and divorce of parents, 116; education of, 111, 121
Richards, Hallie, 424
Richards, Jennifer, 408
Richards, Linda, 402
Richards, Sam, 424
Richards Equipment Company, 8
Richie, Carl, 339, 348
Rieff, Susan, 274, 275, 366, 367, 387, 390
Rindy, Dean, 212, 247
Robb, Chuck, 98–99, 301
Robb, Lynda Johnson, 95, 98–99, 301
Robertson, Cliff, 52, 298
Rock, John, 76
Rockefeller, Jay, 352
Rockefeller, John D., 75
Rockefeller, Nelson, 31, 41
Rockefeller Foundation, 151
Roden, George, 371
Rodriguez, Robert, 329
Roemer, Buddy, 212
Roe v. Wade (1973), xviii, 77, 90, 98, 242, 353, 354
Rogers, Billy, 166–167
Rogers, John, 72, 128
Rogers, Mary Beth: and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 127, 128, 147; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 177, 179; on AR’s environmental policy, 307; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 246–248, 249, 255; and AR’s political prospects, 166, 169–170; and AR’s public approval rating, 316; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 381, 385, 401–403; and AR’s reelection plans, 317–318, 331; on AR’s relationship with Bullock, 310; as AR’s Texas governor chief of staff, 274, 275, 278–279, 302, 316–317, 390; and AR’s transition as Texas governor, 267, 268; and Bullock, 387; and Coleman, 202; and Matthew Dowd, 315; and Foundation for Women’s Resources, 97; and LBJ School, 358, 381; and National Women’s Conference, 95; and presidential election of 1984, 145; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 391; as Treasury employee, 150, 153, 155, 167; and Weddington, 72
Romney, George, 41
Romney, Mitt, 305
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 30
Roosevelt, Franklin, 20, 23, 74
Roosevelt, Theodore, 290
Rose, Charlie, 182
Rosenkranz, George, 76
Rosenthal, Abe, 53–54
Roth, Don, 71–72
Rove, Karl: and George W. Bush, 122, 123, 244, 378, 380, 391; and Clements, 123, 134–135, 165, 287–288; and Cryer, 134; and Glasgow, 291; as Goldwater Republican, 122; and Guerrero, 343–344, 347; and Hance, 165; and Hutchison, 241, 257, 343; and Rick Perry, 241, 242, 257, 343; and Rampton, 168, 287–288; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 388, 391, 398, 399, 402, 405; and Clayton Williams, 244; and Williamson, 343–344
Royal, Darrell, 193, 283
Ruby, Jack, 37
Ruckelshaus, Jill, 182
Ruiz, David, 277–278, 318, 406
Ruiz v. Estelle (1980), 278, 318, 319, 321, 322, 350
Russell, Sam, 320
Rwanda, 356
Ryan, Nolan, 379
Safer, Morley, 313
Salazar, Ken, 416
Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, 326
Samuelson, David, 132
Sanders, Barefoot, 131
San Diego, California, AR’s childhood in, 3–5
Sanger, Margaret, 75–76
San Marcos Springs, 366–367
Sansom, Andy, 289–290, 306–307
Santana, Carlos, 393
Sargent, Ben, 133
Saritzky, Marlene, 327–329, 339, 387, 407
Sartain, Johnny, 79–80
savings-and-loan failures, 149, 165
Sawyer, Diane, 184, 185
Saxton, James, 283–284, 287
Scenic Wonderland, 9, 11
Schieffer, Bob, 340
Schlafly, Phyllis, 98, 99
Scholz Garten, Austin, Texas: and AR’s campaign for Travis County commissioner, 81; and liberal Democrats, 16, 20, 22, 43, 337
Schwartz, A. R. “Babe,” 85
Seawolf Park, 249
Sea World, 324
Second Amendment, xxiii
segregation, 21, 30, 107
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 420
Shafter, M. D., 47
Sharlot, Matthew, 61
Sharlot, Mike, xvii, 45, 62–63, 111, 112, 114, 326
Sharlot, Sarah, 61
Sharlot, Sue: and AR’s alcohol intervention, xvii, 112, 114; AR’s friendship with, 45, 57, 60–63, 121, 326
Sharp, Frank W., 69
Sharp, John, 218, 260–261, 307, 353, 357, 419
Sharpstown scandal, 69, 70, 72, 131, 230, 292
Shaver, Billy Joe, 49
Shaw, George Bernard, 266–267
Shea, Brigid, 304
Shell
, 395
Shelton, Emmett, Jr., 45
Shelton, Emmett, Sr., 44, 45
Shelton, Ricky, 45
Shepard, Alan, 24
Shepherd, Cybill, 329
Sherman, John, 178, 179–180
Sherman, Max, 131, 142, 230, 386
Sherrod, Blackie, 37, 39
Shipley, George: and AR’s appointment for Bentsen’s Senate seat, 351–352, 353; and AR’s general campaign for Texas governor, 248; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 204, 226; and Bullock, 387; and death penalty policy, 393; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 400; and Weddington, 72
Shiva’s Headband, 47
Shivers, Allan, 13, 15–16, 16, 28
Shogan, Robert, 226
Shrake, Doatsy Sedlmayer, 48, 58, 191, 425
Shrake, Edwin “Bud”: and Armadillo World Headquarters, 49; and AR’s campaign for Travis County commissioner, 87; AR’s correspondence with, 149, 151–152, 173, 175, 178–179, 185, 190, 196–198, 199, 214, 219, 221–222, 254–257, 261, 265, 266–267, 298, 299–301, 330, 341, 367–368, 420; and AR’s death, 422–423; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx–xxi, 178–179, 185, 195–196; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 259; and AR’s inaugural balls, 270, 271; and AR’s inaugural party, 266; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 407; AR’s relationship with, 191, 195–198, 214, 221–222, 245–246, 256, 265–266, 297, 299–301, 318, 330, 367–368, 414, 420, 425; and Boone, 104; and Cartwright, 35, 37–38, 39, 50, 51, 52, 58–59, 192, 194, 298, 299, 300; cocaine addiction of, 51–52, 193, 194; death of, 425; divorces of, 58, 191, 193, 425; as friend of Richardses, 35, 37; and Mad Dog, 50–54; novels of, 48, 191, 193, 194–195; and Penick, 330–331; photograph of, 192; and Saritzky, 329; screenplays of, 191–192, 197, 298, 299; and sobriety, 193–194, 195; sports books of, 254; stage plays of, 192; star of, on sidewalk in Austin, 173, 175, 209; and Texas State Cemetery, 425, 426; and tobacco, 194
Shrake, Joyce Rogers, 48, 192, 425
Shriver, Maria, 339
Sidey, Hugh, 406
Sierra Club, 304
Simpson, Adele, 184
60 Minutes, 313, 315
Slacker, 329
Slagle, Bob, 196
Slater, Wayne: and AR as Texas governor, 340, 389; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx, 185; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 215; on Guerrero, 344, 347; on Rove, 343, 347, 405; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 399
Smart Jobs economic development initiative, 395
Smiley, Martha, 97
Smith, Glenn: and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 246, 248; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 209–212, 214, 215, 218, 221, 223–224, 226–229, 241, 382
Smith, Liz, 197, 339, 414
Smith, Preston, 69, 70, 84, 85, 364
Smith, Shelton, 364–366, 370, 421
Smitham, Jim “Lopez,” 104, 109, 298
Snelson, Pete, 131
sodomy statute, 142, 231
Sorensen, Ted, xix, 178
SOS (Save Our Springs), 93–94, 367
South by Southwest Music Festival, 286
Southern Conference on Women’s History, 417
Southern Methodist University, 166
Southern Union Gas, 395
Southwest Airlines, 323, 329
Soviet Union, 334, 363, 365
Spectrum, 7, 379
Spelce, Neal, 178
Spence, Roy, 71, 129–130, 131, 355, 387
Spock, Benjamin, 21
Springsteen, Bruce, 49
Squier, Bob, 204, 211–212, 226–227, 247, 248–249
Stahl, Lesley, 185
Stark, David, 150
Starr, Roberta, 150
Staubach, Roger, 237
Stein, Brent, 40
Stevenson, Adlai, 13, 16, 23, 31–32
Stiles, Mark, 349
Stinson, Katherine, 97
St. Mary’s Chemical Dependency Services, Riverside Medical Center, Minneapolis, xvii, 113, 118
Stone, Oliver, 329, 339
Stop Kennedy alliance, 23
Stout, DJ, 338–339
Straight from the Heart (Ann Richards): on alcoholism intervention, xvii, 115; on babies, 19; on childhood, 5; contract for, 187; on dating David Richards, 9, 11; on Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xviii; on farmworkers’ march, 4; on Jane Hickie, 83; on marriage, 103; on political aspirations, 82; on pregnancies, 17; on public service, 254; on segregation, 21; on speeches, 175; on Texas state treasurer position, 148; on Washington, D.C., 25; on Weddington, 72; on white-water rafting, 34
Strama, Mark, 251, 416
Strauss, Bob, xix, 178
Stravato, Claudia, 277
Strayhorn, Carole Keeton McClellan Rylander, 343, 381
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, 60, 71–72, 117
Substance Abuse Felony Punishment (SAFP) program, 320–321
Sununu, John, 243, 380
Superconducting Super Collider, 324, 364–365, 383
Swartz, Mimi, 89–90, 210, 239, 338
Sweets, Ellen, 421
Switzer, Barry, 193, 254
Symington, Stuart, 23
Take Back Texas, 367
Talbot, Dave, 275, 332, 333, 371–372
Temple, Arthur, 124
Temple, Buddy, 124, 134
Temples, Don, 259, 369, 391
Tenayuca, Emma, 97
Texaco, 395
Texas Abortion Rights Action League, 286
Texas Air Control Board, 73, 281, 304
Texas Air National Guard, 348, 371, 378, 399, 400
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, 274
Texas Alternative Fuel Fleet (TAFF) Program, 396
Texas A&M University, 231, 344
Texas A&M University–Commerce, 287
Texas Association of Rural Schools, 286
Texas Bluebonnet Queen pageant, 286
Texas Board of Criminal Justice, 276, 349
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, 319, 371, 393, 401
Texas Board of Regents, 287
Texas Chamber of Commerce, 286
Texas Child Protective Services, 371
Texas Chili Parlor, 198
Texas Civil Liberties Union, xv, 85, 104, 111, 153
Texas Commerce Department, 274, 287, 323–325, 329
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 320
Texas Commitment drive, 323–324
Texas Constitution, 67, 68
Texas Crime Stoppers, 371
Texas Criminal Justice Policy Council, 322, 392
Texas Democratic Party: and AR’s public approval rating, 315; Barnes as fund-raiser for, 71; and Bentsen, 187; and George H. W. Bush’s public approval rating, 315; and co-ordinated campaign in 1990 elections, 248, 257; and majorities in Senate and House, 287; and redistricting, 308. See also liberal Texas Democrats
Texas Department of Corrections, 321
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 321, 371
Texas Department of Public Safety, 329, 339, 348, 371, 390
Texas Education Agency, 302
Texas Environment Department, 303–306
Texas Film Commission, 329–330, 368
Texas governor, Ann Richards as: and agenda, xxii, 269, 273–274, 276, 286–287, 316–317; and appeal to women voters, 249, 315, 404; and appointments, 273, 276–277, 280, 287, 288, 291, 304, 351–355; and AR at White House dinner, 312; and AR’s celebrity roast, 335–337, 384; AR’s election as, xxi–xxii, xxiii, 259, 260, 260, 261, 287, 315; and AR’s Film Texas initiative, 329–330; and AR’s fund-raiser for Guerrero, 345–346; and AR’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle, 328, 338–339, 340; and AR introducing Hillary Clinton’s speech, 286; and AR’s oath of office, 264; and AR’s privacy, 297; and AR’s public approval rating, 284, 315–316; and AR’s relationship with Bullock, 296, 302–303, 305, 307, 310–311, 358, 359, 373, 387; and AR’s relationship with business leaders, 322–325, 395–396; and AR’
s relationship with Bill Clinton, 333, 334, 335, 364, 365–366, 405; and AR’s relationship with legislature, 309, 310, 315, 316, 320–321, 322, 373–374, 374, 394; AR’s speeches as, 279–284, 286, 307, 390, 396–397; and AR’s target practice, 362; AR’s term of, as parabola, 347; and AR’s testimony in legislative hearings, 286, 289; and commitment to ethics, 281, 287, 291, 326, 339, 346, 347, 353, 383; and Congress Avenue Bridge march, 268–269, 396–397; constitutional limitations on, 68; and crime policies, 369–373, 391–392, 398; and emphasis on diversity, 288; and emphasis on public service, 280; and Endangered Species Act, 366–367; and ethics legislation, 276, 280, 281, 291, 292–294; and Executive Council, 280; and fund-raisers, 323, 368; and Governor’s Mansion, 297–298, 301, 303, 330; and inaugural balls, 270, 271; and inaugural party, 266; inauguration as, xvi, 269; and inauguration speech, 269; and letter from Midland supporter, 406–407; and NAFTA, 325–326; and New Texas, 269, 279–283; and open-records requests, 389; and policy council, 285, 369; and policy initiatives, 276, 282; and press conferences, 286, 307; and special sessions, 307–308, 315; and staff, 273–279, 280, 285, 331–333, 338, 339, 349, 358, 381; and State of the State speech of 1991, 279–284, 307, 390; and Switzerland vacation, 340, 367–368; and Texas National Guard, 348–349, 350; and transition to governing, 267–268
Texas governor’s election of 1962, 28
Texas governor’s election of 1972, 69
Texas governor’s election of 1982, 123–125
Texas governor’s election of 1986, 165–166, 212, 287
Texas governor’s election of 1990: and AR’s debate performances in primaries, 224–226, 225, 227, 252, 259, 285; and AR’s debate preparation in general election campaign, 248–249; and AR’s general election campaign against Williams, 241–242, 245–248, 247, 250–256, 253, 256, 259, 259, 260, 277, 283, 284, 339, 342, 399; and AR’s primary campaign AFL-CIO convention appearance, 221–222, 325; and AR’s primary campaign fact-finding tour of Gulf Coast, 214–216, 217, 218–219, 228; AR’s primary campaign for, 201, 202, 204–207, 208, 209–216, 217, 218–219, 221–229, 233, 241, 245, 246, 247, 251, 399; and AR’s rodeo ad, 248; and AR’s speeches on public service, 253–254; and Bullock, 170; and George W. Bush, 237, 238–239, 243–244, 379; and William P. Hobby, Jr., 169, 170–172, 201, 214; and Mattox, xix, 169, 170–172, 176, 187, 211, 213, 214, 218, 219, 221, 222–223, 225, 225, 227, 228–230, 231, 240, 241, 245, 246, 251, 325, 342, 399; and Mark White, 213, 214, 222, 225, 225, 227, 228, 229, 241, 251, 383, 392, 399; and Clayton Williams, 233, 234, 237–239, 240, 241–242, 249, 250–252, 255, 256, 259, 260, 287, 315, 339, 379, 383, 399, 403, 416