“Heckman doesn’t pull any punches here. This is a portrait of a publisher whose deeply conservative political attitudes polarized voters in the 1980s and 1990s and, no doubt, will continue to either anger or inspire readers today. . . . [Heckman] does a brilliant job in characterizing Nackey Scripps Loeb as an activist committed to limiting the power of the federal government, protecting private property, and stopping the spread of Communism. This was a woman with an ‘America First’ bumper sticker on her wheelchair and a powerful voice in the creation of today’s Republican Party.”—Molly McClain, author of Ellen Browning Scripps: New Money and American Philanthropy

“We’re all familiar with the story of how Katharine Graham became the first woman to run the Washington Post. But few of us know the story of an equally influential newspaperwoman—Nackey Scripps Loeb, a guiding force for conservative newspapers like her own New Hampshire Union Leader. Regardless of whether you agree with her conservative political leanings, this is an important chronicle of a woman who overcame significant personal trials—and the male-dominated journalism world of her time—to advance her goal of making an impact on conservative political thinking.”—Joanne Cronrath Bamberger, editor of Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox