Indiana Political Trailblazers

Geoff Paddock's book takes a contemporary look at female public servants who occupied public office or were influential in public life in Indiana. Paddock profiles such distinguished Democratic and Republican leaders as Marvella Bayh, Virginia Blankenbaker, Susan Brooks, Pamela Carter, Julia Carson, Virginia McCarty, Judy O'Bannon, Margaret Prickett, Suellen Reed, Earline Rogers, Jill Ruckelshaus, Becky Skillman, Jill Long Thompson, Sarah Evans Barker, and Vi Simpson. His devotion and love for his state of Indiana and for the fifteen women he writes about is evident throughout the pages of this book. Read more