Women Leaders in Contemporary U.S. Politics

✍ Scribed by Frank P. Le Veness (editor); Jane P. Sweeney (editor)

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 176
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Examines the careers of nine political women in an effort to ascertain how and why they chose and succeeded in politics.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Women in the Political Arena
2 Shirley Chisholm: Woman of Complexity, Conscience, and Compassion
3 Dianne Feinstein: Now That Was a Mayor!
4 Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro: An American Legacy
5 Margaret M. Heckler: Student Legislator to Ambassador
6 Elizabeth Holtzman: Political Reform and Feminist Vision
7 Nancy Landon Kassebaum: From School Board to Senate
8 Jeane Kirkpatrick: From the University to the United Nations
9 Barbara Mikulski: Representing the Neighborhood
10 Sandra Day O'Connor: Myra Bradwell's Revenge
11 The Unnamed Political Woman
Selected Bibliography
Contributors

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