An Unlikely Conservative The Transformation Of An Ex-liber

When President George W. Bush nominated Linda Chavez to be Secretary of Labor in 2001, few people realized that this hard-nosed conservative began her career among socialists and labor union officials, teaching in college affirmative action programs and writing political propaganda for the Democratic National Committee.An Unlikely Conservativechronicles Chavez's journey from a poverty-stricken childhood to prominence as one of the most influential public policy advocates in the nation, and the sometimes shocking experiences that shaped her views along the way.

Linda Chavez, a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, is president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a nonprofit public policy research organization in Washington, D.C. She writes frequently for such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and USA Today and is the author of Out of the Barrio, An Unlikely Conservative, and Betrayal. She lives in Purcellville, Virginia.