American Heroines The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison grew up in La Marque, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas and the UT Law School. She was twice elected to the Texas House of Representatives. In 1990, she was elected Texas state treasurer, and in 1993, she became the first woman elected to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Seven years later, more than four million Texans reelected her to a second full term-the largest number of votes ever garnered in the state. In 2001, she was elected vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, becoming one of the top five leaders of Senate Republicans and the only woman.Hutchison, Kay Bailey is the author of 'American Heroines The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country', published 2004 under ISBN 9780060566357 and ISBN 0060566353.