The highest glass ceiling : women's quest for the American presidency / Ellen Fitzpatrick.

By:

Fitzpatrick, Ellen F. (Ellen Frances)

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016Description: pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780674088931 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.0820973 23

LOC classification:

HQ1236 .F49 2016

Contents:

Victoria Woodhull : "A very conspicuous position" -- Margaret Chase Smith : "The elephant has an attractive face" -- Shirley Chisholm : "Shake it up, make it change".

Summary: "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.

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Book	NMC Library	Stacks	HQ1236 .F49 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001399301

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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.

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