On Thursday, March 21, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Clements Center for National Security, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs hosted Lena Andrews, Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy and former military analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, for a book talk on her recent release Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II.

This event was part of the Clements Center’s annual Women in National Security series.

The event was held at 12:15 pm in SRH 3.122, The LBJ School of Public Affairs. For questions about this event, contact Elizabeth Doughtie at elizabeth.doughtie@utexas.edu.


Lena Andrews is the author of Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II and an Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. Lena previously served as a military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, and has also worked at the RAND Corporation and United States Institute of Peace. Her work has appeared on MSNBC, PBS, CNN, Today, People, and TIME. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Lena received her Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
