The highest glass ceiling : women's quest for the American presidency /
Fitzpatrick, Ellen F.
The highest glass ceiling : women's quest for the American presidency / Ellen Fitzpatrick. - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Victoria Woodhull : "A very conspicuous position" -- Margaret Chase Smith : "The elephant has an attractive face" -- Shirley Chisholm : "Shake it up, make it change".
"A woman will one day occupy the Oval Office because women themselves have made it inevitable, says best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick. She tells the remarkable 150-year story of the candidates, voters, activists, and citizens who, despite overwhelming odds against women in politics, set their sights on the highest glass ceiling in the land."--Provided by publisher.
9780674088931 (alk. paper)
2015045620
Woodhull, Victoria C. 1838-1927.
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995.
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005.
Women--Political activity--History.--United States
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
Women presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
HQ1236 / .F49 2016
320.0820973
The highest glass ceiling : women's quest for the American presidency / Ellen Fitzpatrick. - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Victoria Woodhull : "A very conspicuous position" -- Margaret Chase Smith : "The elephant has an attractive face" -- Shirley Chisholm : "Shake it up, make it change".
"A woman will one day occupy the Oval Office because women themselves have made it inevitable, says best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick. She tells the remarkable 150-year story of the candidates, voters, activists, and citizens who, despite overwhelming odds against women in politics, set their sights on the highest glass ceiling in the land."--Provided by publisher.
9780674088931 (alk. paper)
2015045620
Woodhull, Victoria C. 1838-1927.
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995.
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005.
Women--Political activity--History.--United States
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
Women presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
HQ1236 / .F49 2016
320.0820973