Text of 1990 speech by Barbara Bush
HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush gave the commencement address at the all-women Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on June 1, 1990. The speech was ranked No. 47 on a list of the top speeches of the century in 1999. The list, compiled by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Texas A&M University, was based on a survey of scholars who ranked speeches by social and political impact and rhetorical artistry. Edward McNally, a White House speechwriter for George H.W. and Barbara Bush who wrote the speech draft, recalled Tuesday ...
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