Notes to Preface
1. Walter F. Mondale, interview with the author, 8 Sept. 2017, Minneapolis, MN.
2. Freeman, A Room at a Time, 7; “Pride of Red Wing, Attractive Eugenie Anderson, Will ‘Just Be Herself’ in Communist Bulgaria,” St. Paul Pioneer Press, 8 July 1962.
3. “DFL Committeewoman Has No Time for Bach Now,” Minneapolis Star, 17 Mar. 1949; Freeman, A Room at a Time, 9.
4. Some women had been appointed; Chase would remain the only woman until 1972. Sheed, Clare Booth Luce, 3–4.
5. “The Feminine Mystique was like an earthquake compared to the tremors about unhappy housewives that had registered before. Friedan described the problem in scorching prose that made it seem much worse than anyone had previously suggested.… The power of Friedan’s writing, the wealth of statistics and anecdotes … made The Feminine Mystique a sensation when it was published in 1963.” Collins, When Everything Changed, 59.
6. Eugenie to Hubert H. Humphrey, 23 Nov. 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
7. Family newsletter from Sofia, 15 Aug. 1963, 8, Anderson family papers; Clinton, What Happened, 326.
8. Clinton, What Happened, 129.
Notes to Chapter One: Leaving the Tower
1. Epigraph: Albright, Fascism, xiv. Eugenie Anderson, oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 31, 32, 33, Oral History Interviews of the Public Affairs Center Collection Oral History Project, Minnesota Historical Society (hereafter Anderson oral history interview).
2. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 30.
3. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 8.
4. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 6.
5. Millett, Minnesota’s Own, 254.
6. Hans P. Anderson, interview with the author, 20–21 Sept. 2013, La Crosse, WI.
7. Alexander P. Anderson to John, 19 Apr. 1929, Anderson family collection.
8. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 16–18.
9. Eugenie to John, 25 Aug. 1930, Anderson family collection.
10. Eugenie to John, 30 Aug. 1930, Anderson family collection.
11. Eugenie to John, 29 Aug. 1930, Anderson family collection.
12. Jean Anderson Chesley to John, 12 Jan. 1931, Anderson family collection.
13. Hans P. Anderson, personal recollection.
14. Lydia in Red Wing to John in Chicago, 13 Jan. 1931, Anderson family collection.
15. Eugenie to John, 21 Jan. 1931, Anderson family collection.
16. Alexander P. Anderson to John, 29 July 1931, Anderson family collection.
17. A. P. in Honolulu to John in New York City, 23 Oct. 1931, Anderson family collection.
18. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 27.
19. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 23.
20. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 29.
21. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 30.
22. Barbara Hedin Bayley, interview with the author, 18 Apr. 2017, Eau Claire, WI; Margaret K. Anderson, interview with the author, 8 Apr. 2017, La Crosse, WI.
23. Larsen and Larsen, Charles Biederman, 106.
24. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 31.
25. Hans P. Anderson 2013 interview.
26. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 33; Lamson, Few Are Chosen, 165.
27. Lamson, Few Are Chosen, xxiv.
28. Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 57.
29. Larsen and Larsen, Charles Biederman, 109.
30. Elizabeth Anderson Hedin to Eugenie, 14 Feb. 1939, Anderson family collection.
31. Mary to Eugenie, 20 May 1939, Anderson family collection.
32. Mary to Eugenie, 26 and 28 July 1939, Anderson family collection.
33. Eugenie to Mary, undated (presumed July) 1939, Anderson family collection; Larsen and Larsen, Charles Biederman, 133.
34. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 39.
35. Larsen and Larsen, Charles Biederman, 159–60.
36. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 40–41.
37. Larsen and Larsen, Charles Biederman, 166.
38. Hans P. Anderson 2013 interview.
Notes to Chapter Two: Joining the Party
1. Epigraph: Lamson, Few Are Chosen, 167. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 42–44.
2. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 43.
3. Anderson oral history interview, 7 May 1971, 45, 49.
4. Arvonne Fraser, interview with the author, 8 Jan. 2018, Minneapolis, MN.
5. Kampelman, Entering New Worlds, 67.
6. Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 269.
7. Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 273, 274.
8. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 113.
9. Delton, Making Minnesota Liberal, 97; Anderson oral history interview, 14 May 1971, 6.
10. Humphrey, Education of a Public Man, 72.
11. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 114, 115.
12. Constitution, Minnesota chapter, Americans for Democratic Action, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 18.
13. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 119; “DFLers Think Back on Birth, Uneasy Early Days of Party,” Minneapolis Tribune, 15 June 1984; Anderson oral history interview, 14 May 1971, 10–11.
14. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 122; Fraser interview; author’s knowledge from shared family history.
15. Hans P. Anderson 2013 interview.
16. Hans P. Anderson 2013 interview.
17. Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 484.
18. Epigraph: Freeman, We Will Be Heard, 15. ADA World, April 1948.
19. Delton, Making Minnesota Liberal, 136, 139.
20. Humphrey, Education of a Public Man, 74; Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 122.
21. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 125.
22. Anderson oral history interview, 14 May 1971, 14.
23. McCullough, Truman, 636.
24. Lamson, Few Are Chosen, 171–72.
25. Schumacher, The Contest, 45; Hubert H. Humphrey, 1948 Democratic National Convention Address, American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches, http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/huberthumphey1948dnc.html.
26. Lamson, Few Are Chosen, 171; McCullough, Truman, 640.
27. Collins, When Everything Changed, 96.
Notes to Chapter Three: Representing America
1. Epigraphs: Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 2 Nov. 1949, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 2; Lamson, Few Are Chosen, 175. Mondale interview.
2. Anderson oral history interview, 14 May 1971, 22, 23.
3. Edwards, Pulling No Punches, 8.
4. Anderson oral history interview, 14 May 1971, 24.
5. “DFL Committeewoman Has No Time for Bach Now,” Minneapolis Star, 17 Mar. 1949.
6. Hubert H. Humphrey to Dean Acheson, 23 Feb. 1949, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 2.
7. Anderson oral history interview, 14 May 1971, 28; Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 6 Aug. 1949, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 2.
8. “Ardent Truman Supporter,” New York Times, 13 Oct. 1949.
9. Anderson oral history interview, 14 May 1971, 33.
10. “John Is ‘Nice Guy, But Not Talkative’, Reporters Agree at Eugenie’s Swearing-In,” Red Wing Republican Eagle, 29 Oct. 1949.
11. “U.S. Ambassador Arrives in Denmark,” New York Times, 21 Dec. 1949.
12. John to Frank Chesley, 19 Dec. 1949, Anderson family collection; family newsletter, 25 Dec. 1949; “Lady Ambassador Poised—No Jitters for Eugenie,” St. Paul Pioneer Press, 14 Dec. 1949.
13. Frank Chesley to John, 27 Dec. 1949, Anderson family collection.
14. Sheed, Clare Booth Luce, 120, 159.
15. “Mrs. Ambassador” draft, ch. 4, Eugenie M. Anderson papers; Nash, “A Woman’s Place Is in the Embassy,” 224, 229.
16. Family newsletter, 31 Dec. 1949.
17. Anderson oral history interview, 21 May 1971, 7.
18. Anderson oral history interview, 21 May 1971, 11.
19. Family newsletters, 22 Jan. and 26 Feb. 1950.
20. Family newsletter, 30 Apr. 1950.
21. Family newsletter, 22 Apr. 1950.
22. John to Frank Chesley, 3 Feb. 1950.
23. John to Frank Chesley, 3 Feb. 1950.
24. “Mrs. Ambassador” outline, part I, ch. 4, 15–18.
25. “Mrs. Ambassador” draft, ch. 4, 30.
26. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. to Eugenie, 21 May 1950, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 4.
27. Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 101.
28. Anderson oral history interview, 21 May 1971, 20–21; Nash, “A Woman’s Place Is in the Embassy,” 229.
29. Family newsletter, 7 May 1950.
30. Eugenie to Eleanor Roosevelt, 30 June 1950, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 4.
31. Family newsletter, 8 July 1950.
32. Anderson oral history interview, 21 May 1971, 22.
33. “Mrs. Ambassador” draft, ch. 4.
34. Family newsletter, 15 Oct. 1950.
35. Family newsletter, 22 Oct. 1950.
36. Family newsletter, 22 Oct. 1950.
37. Nash, “A Woman’s Place Is in the Embassy,” 235.
38. Anderson oral history interview, 21 May 1971, 29.
39. Family newsletter, 25 Aug. 1950.
40. Hans P. Anderson, interview with the author, 8 Apr. 2017.
41. Hans P. Anderson 2017 interview.
42. Anderson oral history interview, 21 May 1971, 47.
43. Family newsletter, 3 Dec. 1950.
44. “Mrs. Ambassador” outline, part I, 40; draft, ch. 2, 1.
45. Family newsletter, 18 Feb. 1951.
46. Family newsletter, 25 Feb. 1951.
47. “U.S., Denmark Sign Pact on Greenland,” New York Times, 1 Apr. 1951.
48. Eugenie to John, 13 Oct. 1951, Anderson family collection.
49. Eugenie to John, 17 Oct. 1951, Anderson family collection.
50. John to Eugenie, 9 Oct. 1951, Anderson family collection.
51. John to Eugenie, 19 Oct. 1951, Anderson family collection.
52. Eugenie to John, 29 Oct. 1951, Anderson family collection.
53. Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 24 Jan. 1952, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 2.
54. “Mrs. Anderson Slams Reds on Negro Issue,” St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12 Jan. 1952.
55. Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 47.
56. Eugenie to Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 30 Apr. 1952, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 2.
57. India Edwards to Eugenie, 29 July 1952, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 2; Edwards, Pulling No Punches, 159.
58. India Edwards to Eugenie, 10 Dec. 1952, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 2.
59. William Roll to Eugenie, 18 Jan. 1953, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 4.
60. Harold Strauss to Eugenie, 15 Dec. 1949, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 5.
61. “Mrs. Ambassador” outline, part I, ch. 4, 15–18; Lynn Carrick to Eugenie, 10 Mar. 1953, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 5.
Notes to Chapter Four: Reaching for Washington
1. Epigraph: Fraser, She’s No Lady, 113, 282. Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 9 July and 17 Nov. 1953, and with attachment, 9 Nov. 1955, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 5; Eugenie to Hans, 16 Nov. 1955, Hans P. Anderson collection.
2. Beito, Coya Come Home, 109, 110.
3. Beito, Coya Come Home, 196.
4. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 175, 176.
5. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 176; Beito, Coya Come Home, 210.
6. Beito, Coya Come Home, 211, 212.
7. Mondale and Hage, The Good Fight, 37.
8. Katie Louchheim to Eugenie, 16 May 1957, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 7; “How About Eugenie?” Minneapolis Tribune, 23 June 1957; Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 29 July 1957, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
9. Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 19; Lamson, Few Are Chosen, xxiii.
10. “Minnesota Legislators Analyze Wisconsin Upset,” Minneapolis Tribune, 1 Sept. 1957; “Eugenie Anderson a Senate Candidate?” Winona Daily News, 18 Sept. 1957.
11. Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 15; Harold Zellerbach to Eugenie, 6 Nov. 1957, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 27.
12. Eugenie to Hubert H. Humphrey, 18 Dec. 1957, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6; Max Kampelman to Eugenie, 27 Dec. 1957, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 7; Eugenie to Doris Heller, 5 Jan. 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
13. Sandbrook, Eugene McCarthy, 84; Eugenie to Hans, 15 Jan. 1958, Hans P. Anderson collection.
14. “Eyes Turn to First District for National Vote Hint,” Minneapolis Tribune, 19 Jan. 1958.
15. Eugenie to Max Kampelman, 9 Feb. 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 7.
16. Eugenie to Hans, 12 Apr. 1958, Hans P. Anderson collection.
17. Beito, Coya Come Home, 226–27.
18. “‘Politics’ Suspected in Knutson Flare-up,” Minneapolis Star, 9 May 1958; Austin Daily Herald, 13 May 1958.
19. Beito, Coya Come Home, 233, 243, quoting Washington Evening Star, 13 May 1958.
20. Beito, Coya Come Home, 239, 279.
21. “Bjornson Says He’s Weighing Governor Race,” St. Cloud Times, 19 May 1958.
22. Beito, Coya Come Home, 263.
23. “DFL Endorses McCarthy,” Minneapolis Tribune, 26 May 1958; Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 21–24.
24. Mondale interview.
25. Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 24.
26. Beito, Coya Come Home, 298–99.
27. George Jacobson to Hubert H. Humphrey, et al., 10 June 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 7.
28. Mitch Perrizo to Eugenie, 29 June 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 8.
29. Eugenie to Doris Tullar Heller, 29 June 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
30. Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 24–25.
31. Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 3 July 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6; Eugenie to Hans, 14 July 1958, Hans P. Anderson collection.
32. Hubert H. Humphrey to Alpha Smaby, copy to Eugenie, 15 Aug. 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
33. Eugenie to Hubert H. Humphrey, 28 Aug. 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6; Eugenie to Hans, 14 July 1958, Hans P. Anderson collection.
34. Eugenie to Max Kampelman, 25 Oct. 1958, and Max Kampelman to Eugenie, 30 Oct. 1958, both Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 7.
35. Eugenie to India Edwards, 17 Nov. 1958, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6; Eugenie to Hans, 22 Nov. 1958, Hans P. Anderson collection.
36. Eugenie to Hans, 12 Apr. 1958, Hans P. Anderson collection.
Notes to Chapter Five: Breaching the Iron Curtain
1. Epigraph: Virginia Lanegran, unpublished chapter on Eugenie Anderson, Barbara Stuhler papers, Minnesota Historical Society. Harry S. Truman, speech, 1947, quoted in Applebaum, Iron Curtain, xxii.
2. “Demo Feels Presidential Year Victory Chance Not Half as Good as Year Ago,” Salem (OR) Statesman, 13 Dec. 1959.
3. Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 27.
4. Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 30.
5. Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 33; Eugenie to Hans, 18 Dec. 1960, Hans P. Anderson collection.
6. Eugenie to Hans, 19 Jan. 1960, Hans P. Anderson collection.
7. Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 36.
8. Eugenie to Harry S. Truman, 3 Oct. 1961, Harry S. Truman to Eugenie, 10 Oct. 1961, and Harry S. Truman to John F. Kennedy, 10 Oct. 1961, all Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 27.
9. “Frances Elizabeth Willis: Diplomat,” US Department of State, Diplomacy 101, https://diplomacy.state.gov/discoverdiplomacy/explorer/peoplehistorical/170214.htm; Burns and Dunn, The Three Roosevelts, 562.
10. Nash, “A Woman’s Place Is in the Embassy,” 230; Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 34.
11. Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 25; Anderson oral history interview, 28 May 1971, 37.
12. “Minnesota’s Lady Diplomat to Try Her Hand in Bulgaria,” Mason City (IA) Globe Gazette, 5 July 1962.
13. “Pride of Red Wing, Attractive Eugenie Anderson, Will ‘Just Be Herself’ in Communist Bulgaria,” St. Paul Pioneer Press, 8 July 1962.
14. “Minnesota’s Ambassador for the U.S.: Eugenie Anderson,” Minneapolis Tribune, 12 Aug. 1962.
15. Anderson oral history interview, 18 June 1971, 2.
16. Anderson oral history interview, 25 June 1971, 31; family newsletter, 29 July 1962, 12; family newsletter, 5 Aug. 1962.
17. Family newsletters, 13 Oct. (17) and 11 Nov. (11) 1962 and 27 Jan. (8) and 16 Feb. (1) 1963.
18. Anderson oral history interview, 28 June 1971, 18, 19.
19. Anderson oral history interview, 28 June 1971, 24; Eugenie to John F. Kennedy, 30 Oct. 1962, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 7; “Peking Aide at Bulgarian Meeting Said to Condemn Missile Withdrawal,” New York Times, 9 Nov. 1962.
20. “Eugenie ‘Takes Walk’ in Bulgaria,” Minneapolis Star, 8 Oct. 1962; “U.S. Diplomat Is No Patsy,” Chillicothe (OH) Gazette, 26 Dec. 1962.
21. Hans to John, 18 and 23 Dec. 1962, Hans P. Anderson collection.
22. Donald C. Tice interview, Foreign Affairs Oral History.
23. Anderson oral history interview, 28 June 1971, 28.
24. Anderson oral history interview, 28 June 1971, 46; “Eugenie ‘Firsts’ Surprise Bulgaria,” Minneapolis Tribune, 7 July 1963.
25. Anderson oral history interview, 28 June 1971, 51–52.
26. Richard E. Johnson interview, Foreign Affairs Oral History.
27. Family newsletter, 13 Apr. 1963, 6–8.
28. Family newsletter, 29 Oct. 1963, 1.
29. Daily News, 14 Dec. 1963, clipping in Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 17.
30. Robert B. Houston interview, Foreign Affairs Oral History.
31. Anderson oral history interview, 25 June 1971, 12.
32. Richard E. Johnson interview, 23.
33. “Sofia Mob Stones the U.S. Legation Over Spy Charges,” New York Times, 28 Dec. 1963; Minneapolis Tribune, 28 Dec. 1963.
34. The Bulgarian news agency released on January 6, 1964, that Georgiev had been executed, but no details were given. Binder, Fare Well, Illyria, 89.
35. Anderson oral history interview, 25 June 1971, 19.
36. Anderson oral history interview, 25 June 1971, 24–25.
37. Anderson oral history interview, 25 June 1971, 42.
38. Anderson oral history interview, 25 June 1971, 30.
39. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 242; Eugenie to Hubert H. Humphrey, 18 May 1964, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
40. Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 24 June 1964, and Muriel Humphrey to Eugenie, 17 Sept. 1964, both Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
41. Anderson oral history interview, 25 June 1971, 43–44.
42. Quote used in book ad, LIFE magazine, 10 Mar. 1963.
43. “Who Says U.S. Women are Trapped?” Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 1963.
44. Hans P. Anderson to Eugenie and John, 7 Nov. 1965, Hans P. Anderson collection.
Notes to Chapter Six: Holding the Line
1. Epigraph: Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 23 Dec. 1964, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6. Tom Wicker, “Leak on, O Ship of State,” New York Times, 26 Jan. 1982.
2. India Edwards to Eugenie, 14 Mar. 1964, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6; “Periscope,” Newsweek, 5 Apr. 1965, 17; Eugenie to Max Kampelman, 3 Apr. 1965, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 7.
3. India Edwards to Eugenie, 11 Apr. 1965, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6: “Yes, I was appalled at the Newsweek item but hope and pray it has no ill effects. Marian Dennehy, who works for young Butterworth at the Department of Commerce, told me today that he had told her you were going to be appointed Ambassador to Canada weeks ago so it must have been general knowledge with Ambassador Butterworth in on ‘the secret.’ I imagine you are right in thinking someone in [the Department of] State was the source of the item in Newsweek. With HHH backing you, I do not think the item will stop your appointment.”
4. India Edwards to Eugenie, 11 Apr. 1965, and Eugenie to P. R. Harris, 2 June 1965, both Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
5. Johanna to Eugenie, 20 May 1965, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 15.
6. “Johnson’s Team Goes to the U.N.,” Washington Star, 28 Aug. 1965.
7. “What a Way to Pick an Ambassador,” New York Herald Tribune, Oct. 1965.
8. Margaret K. Anderson interview; Hans P. Anderson 2013 interview.
9. Anderson oral history interview, 25 June 1971, 48.
10. “U.S. Woman’s Voice at U.N. Has Faintly Midwestern Accent,” New York Times, 16 Jan. 1966.
11. Anderson oral history interview, 25 June 1971, 50.
12. Anderson oral history interview, 8 July 1971, 4–5.
13. Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 29 Jan. 1966, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
14. Anderson oral history interview, 8 July 1971, 6, 8–9.
15. Anderson oral history interview, 8 July 1971, 21.
16. Anderson oral history interview, 8 July 1971, 29, 31.
17. U Thant of Burma, secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971.
18. “It’s Not All ‘Man’s World,’” Orlando (FL) Sentinel, 25 Sept. 1966.
19. Mondale had taken over Humphrey’s Senate seat in 1965 when Humphrey shifted over to the White House as vice president. Mondale and Hage, The Good Fight, 38.
20. Mondale interview.
21. Califano, Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson, 56–57.
22. Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 27 July 1966, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
23. Hubert H. Humphrey letters, 21 Apr. and 31 July 1967, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6; “Ambassador Sees U.N. Gain Strength at Age 21,” The Independent (Long Beach, CA), 15 Feb. 1967.
24. “‘People Just Expect Too Much’—Anderson,” Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, 7 Mar. 1967.
25. Fraser, She’s No Lady, 148.
26. Hans P. Anderson 2013 interview; Margaret K. Anderson interview.
27. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 306–7.
28. Anderson oral history interview, 8 July 1971, 40, 42–43.
29. Anderson oral history interview, 8 July 1971, 44.
30. “Demonstrators Chant Peace Slogans at Independence Hall Observance,” Chicago Tribune and Evening Times (Sayre, PA), 5 July 1967.
31. Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 310.
32. Anderson oral history interview, 8 July 1971, 48–49.
33. “Lady Diplomat Finds Progress in Vietnam,” Minneapolis Tribune, 4 Dec. 1967.
34. Anderson oral history interview, 8 July 1971, 53.
35. Epigraph: Mondale and Hage, The Good Fight, 88. Cohen, Undefeated, 294.
36. “We Just Have to Persist,” Press and Sun Bulletin (Binghamton, NY), 28 Jan. 1968; “Eugenie Anderson Defends Nation’s Role in Vietnam,” Winona Daily News, 26 Mar. 1968.
37. Califano, Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson, 271; Solberg, Hubert Humphrey, 325.
38. Nash, “Ambassador Eugenie M. Anderson,” 259; Lamson, Few Are Chosen, 194.
39. Freeman, A Room at a Time, 232.
40. “What Every Working Woman Needs,” St. Paul Pioneer Press, 4 Feb. 1968.
41. Schlesinger and Schlesinger, eds., Letters, 9 July 1968, 359.
42. Schlesinger and Schlesinger, eds., Letters, 13 and 24 July 1968, 367.
43. Chester, Godfrey, and Page, An American Melodrama, 152.
44. Louis Menand, “Lessons from the Election of 1968,” New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2018.
45. Clinton, What Happened, 197–98.
46. Mailer, Miami and the Siege of Chicago, 209.
47. “Focus on the Future,” speech, 28 Aug. 1968, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 14.
48. “The High Road,” notes, Sept. 1968, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 14.
49. Eugenie to Orville Freeman, memo, 14 Sept. 1968, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 14; William Ringle, “2 Resign U.S. Posts to Aid Hubert,” Sunday Press (Binghamton, NY), 22 Sept. 1968; Walburn, Miles Lord, 190; Brenes, “The Tragedy of Hubert Humphrey.”
50. “L.B.J., Hubert Views as Different,” Kansas City Times, 15 Oct. 1968.
51. Nathanson, “Humphrey Aide Norman Sherman Looks Back”; Mondale interview; Mondale and Hage, The Good Fight, 86.
52. Walburn, Miles Lord, 193–94.
53. Eugenie to Hubert H. Humphrey, 13 Nov. 1968, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
54. Hubert H. Humphrey to Eugenie, 20 Dec. 1968, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 6.
55. Kirkpatrick, Political Woman, 242.
56. Freeman, We Will Be Heard, 3.
57. “Minnesotan Again Leads Attack on Sex Barrier,” Minneapolis Tribune, 1 Oct. 1971; Freeman, We Will Be Heard, 15.
58. Freeman, A Room at a Time, 235.
Notes to Chapter Seven: Passing the Standard
1. Epigraph: Mondale interview. Cohen, Undefeated, 459.
2. Eugenie to Margaret K. Anderson, 4 July 1973, Hans P. Anderson collection.
3. Eugenie to Margaret, 19 Oct. 1975, Hans P. Anderson collection.
4. Hans to Eugenie, 26 Oct. 1975, Hans P. Anderson collection.
5. Eugenie to Muriel Humphrey, 18 Jan. 1978, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 22.
6. “Founders of DFL Are Gone,” Minneapolis Tribune, 22 Jan. 1978.
7. “Is Armageddon Near for Party of HHH?” Minneapolis Star, 21 Sept. 1978.
8. Collier, Political Woman, 120.
9. “DFLers Think Back on Birth, Uneasy Early Days of Party,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, 15 June 1984; “Mondale Loss Ends an Era of Minnesotans on U.S. Scene,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 1984.
10. “Longtime DFLer Eugenie Anderson Endorses Boschwitz,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, 28 Oct. 1984.
11. “DFL Convention Glory Days Long in Past,” St. Cloud Times, 20 May 1990.
12. “First Woman Secretary of State,” Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, 18 Mar. 1997.
13. “Eugenie Anderson—She Broke Glass Ceiling,” St. Paul Pioneer Press, 3 Apr. 1997.
14. “Nation’s First Woman Ambassador Dies,” Red Wing Republican Eagle, 1 Apr. 1997; “A Woman—and Diplomat—of Substance,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, 5 Apr. 1997.
15. “We Just Have to Persist,” Press and Sun Bulletin (Binghamton, NY), 28 Jan. 1968.
Notes to Afterword
1. Eugenie to Hans, written in 1982, recalled in 1997 eulogy, Hans P. Anderson collection.
2. Eugenie to Hans, 18 July 1958, Hans P. Anderson collection.
3. Eugenie Anderson, Address, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1968, Eugenie M. Anderson papers, box 14.