Ann Richards was a born entertainer, author Jan Reid says.
Photos courtesy of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. From Let thePeople In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards by Jan Reid, © 2012, TheUniversity of Texas Press
Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards
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Author Jan Reid believes Richards lives on so vividly in our memories becauseshe was “such a refreshing difference from what we see now.”
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Photo of a young Ann Richards.
Photos courtesy of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. From Let thePeople In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards by Jan Reid, © 2012, TheUniversity of Texas Press
Richards in her later years.

A refreshing difference

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