A Victim of the Vietnam War-The Story of Virginia Hanly
by A. W. Goodman
Category: Biography & Autobiography

Virginia Hanly and A.W. Goodman met at the University of Kentucky, where Virginia was a student majoring in mathematics. Goodman saw that she had a natural talent for mathematics and he became her mentor and guide. Virginia was one of the most brilliant students he had encountered in his 46 years of teaching. The life of this budding mathematician took an unfortunate turn when she became involved in protesting the Vietnam War. Her passion for fighting against this gross stupidity ultimately led to her death. Goodman and Hanly exchanged letters from 1952 to 1966, when Virginia stopped writing. Her letters (exactly as she wrote them) form the main part of this book.