Truth, Lady Justice, and the American Way by Jude McLaughlin

Truth, Lady Justice, and the American Way
by Jude McLaughlin
Pages: 16
Date: May 13 2016
Publisher: Self
Series: Wonder City Stories (#1.25)

Review
Rating: 4.0
Read: October 16 2016

Second story I've read by this author, another superhero based one, and set in the same universe as all the other works listed on the author's page.

A woman tracks down and interviews an old time superhero - Lady Justice. A 'puff' piece, the interviewer expected, that turned out to be more.

Interesting look at the dynamics of women-men relations in the mid-20th century years, plus the added aspect of the women being hired to work in the military being superstrong/bullet-proof, etc. (well, not neccessairly all of them but all superhero powers of some sort or another). As seen through the eyes of a 91 year old woman who lives in a van and is figthing the Veterans Administration to get her pension. TO be fair to the VA - she was declared dead in 1946, and the fact that she was chipped out of ice and revived in 1965 didn't matter in terms of declaring her alive again. Apparently the state of affairs for the last 45 years.

"people are hot to know about the status of veterans right now. People are starting to get the idea that maybe, possibly, veterans are being screwed.”

Lady J smiled ruefully. “We always have been, sweetie.”

A sad story. A brief story. An interesting story.

October 16 2016