Nancy Beck Young is professor of history at the University of Houston. She is the author of many books, including Why We Fight: Congress and the Politics of World War II, Lou Henry...view moreNancy Beck Young is professor of history at the University of Houston. She is the author of many books, including Why We Fight: Congress and the Politics of World War II, Lou Henry Hoover: Activist First Lady, both published by Kansas, and Wright Patman: Populism, Liberalism, and the American Dream.view less