Janet Reno: Reflecting on America’s first female attorney general and her example of public service
- Written by Jon L. Mills, Professor of Law, University of Florida
Some of today’s politicians seem to equate leadership with shouting, arrogance, cruelty and deception. Janet Reno, the first female U.S. attorney general and the second longest serving attorney general in history, was so honest she scared some politicians.
They called her blunt. They said sometimes she was not a team player. But she was...