Millicent Fenwick: Her Way: Written by Amy Schapiro, 2003 Edition, Publisher: Rutgers University Press [Hardcover]

Amy Shapiro worked very hard to give the readers a full presentation of the life of Rep. Millicent Hammond Fenwick. To the early childhood trauma of losing her mother on the Lusitania; going forward as the daughter of a US ambassador; her disasterous marriage; a career in magazine writing and reporting; and finally politics.One suspects, that due to her voting record, Fenwick was not so much a liberal Republican, but a moderate Democrat. Looking at her thoughts and actions, it seemed she was trying to find some common ground with her Republican father who closed himself off to her. Although being a moderate/liberal Republican was and is interchangeable with being a moderate Democrat.Those who want to learn about how the political process works, such buy this excellent book. You get to watch someone who worked from the ground- up to make it where she was.One could imagine what she would have to say about the current administration if she was still living, and she'd be saying it, 'her way,'which was 'dead honest.'

A well written and insightful biography of a truly remarkable woman. Shapiro did an excellent job of capturing Fenwick's inner motivations, principles and character. She showed immense discipline in refusing to place Fenwick into any easy category, and included enough context of Fenwick's life and own words that the reader gains an intimate knowledge of this complicated, marvelous woman.