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New Orleans Film Society

Lindy Boggs: Steel & Velvet

USA 60 min.

Director
Bess Carrick
Producer
Bess Carrick
Editor
Dawn Logsdon
Music
Mike Esneault

Synopsis

Lindy Boggs made her name as a shrewd Congresswoman and an Ambassador to the Vatican with the soft touch of a true southern belle. Lindy Boggs pushed for women’s equal rights, and became the founding mother for the Women’s Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. She took her husband’s seat at Congress, and stayed there for eight years before retiring to be by the side of her ailing daughter. Her imprint in American politics shows that ladies and good manners can help direct the course of a nation.