Harriet Miers might seem like W’s ultradeferential “work wife,” but she makes free with the speaking fees for some bigtime feminists, reports the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Peter Schmidt. When she was on the board of trustees for the Southern Methodist University Law School, Miers backed an endowed lecture series for women’s studies, named in honor of pioneering Texas woman lawyer Louise B. Raggio. Miers “not only advocated for the series, but gave money and solicited donations to get it off the ground,” Schmidt writes. But what’s really striking is who the money went to: MORE »