Tales of a Mother of a Son (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781491078570)

Linda Aaker learned early in life in Texas that if you made good grades and were polite, you could get away with otherwise outrageous behavior, including protesting the Vietnam War, hitchhiking through Europe, trekking in the Himalayas, branding cattle, and becoming a pilot and a mother. After attending The University of Texas Law School, she joined the Texas Attorney General's Office (1974-83), where she wrote the opinion holding that women did not have to assume their husband's surnames upon marriage. Eventually she became Chief of the Antitrust Division where she negotiated the settlement of the largest state antitrust civil penalties lawsuit in the United States at that time. Linda left public service to become a partner in the Austin firm of Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel (1983- 2000). President Clinton appointed Linda to the Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities where she served from 2000-05. In addition to her book, A Woman's Odyssey: Journals 1976-92 she has published numerous articles in the Washington Post. She has served on various boards involving women's issues, and currently is on the board of The Center for Public Policy Priorities in Austin, Texas.