A Matter of Simple Justice set public experience and—because he knew

public experience and—because he knew each of the subjects and participated in many of the events he describes—personal knowledge

A wood pen set engraved with President Nixon's signature and encased in rosewood with the seal of the Nixon Presidential Library showcased on the front of the case

and creativity that influenced

including the Pulitzer Prize

A Matter of Simple Justice set public experience and—because he knewA Matter of Simple Justice focuses on Barbara Hackman Franklin, a staff assistant to President Nixon who was hired to recruit more women into the upper levels of the federal government. Franklin, at the direction of the president, White House counselor Robert Finch, and personnel director Fred Malek, helped bring more than one hundred women into executive positions in the government.