cover image Living a Political Life: One of America's First Woman Governors Tells Her Story

Living a Political Life: One of America's First Woman Governors Tells Her Story

Madeleine May Kunin. Vintage Books USA, $19 (396pp) ISBN 978-0-679-74008-7

The first female governor of Vermont and current deputy secretary of the department of education, Kunin writes a thoughtful memoir of her political career and the role of women in public office. (Mar.)