When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American PoliticsA behind-the-scenes look at the organization that transformed Congress—and became a force for female empowerment. In 1985, aware of the near-total absence of women in Congress, Ellen Malcolm launched EMILY’s List, a powerhouse political organization that seeks to ignite change by getting women elected to office. The rest is history: Since then, EMILY’s List has helped elect 23 women senators, 12 governors, and 116 Democratic women to the House. When Women Win delivers stories of some of the toughest political contests of the past three decades, including the historic victory of Barbara Mikulski as the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right and Elizabeth Warren’s dramatic Senate win. It is both a page-turning political drama and an important look at the effects of women’s engagement in politics. |
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... gender relations was in fact shockingly out of whack. It was the realization that men and women often used very different languages in talking to each other, and the awakening to the reality that millions of enormously bright ...
... gender relations was in fact shockingly out of whack. It was the realization that men and women often used very different languages in talking to each other, and the awakening to the reality that millions of enormously bright ...
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... gender in even the most progressive precincts of the law. In 1974, as a twenty-six-year-old graduate of Yale Law School, Hillary was the only woman lawyer on the House Judiciary Committee staff during Richard Nixon's impeachment ...
... gender in even the most progressive precincts of the law. In 1974, as a twenty-six-year-old graduate of Yale Law School, Hillary was the only woman lawyer on the House Judiciary Committee staff during Richard Nixon's impeachment ...
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... gender at future Democratic conventions. That last groundbreaking decision meant that, starting in 1980, half the delegates at the Democratic National Convention would be women. It was in this context that I began working for the NWPC ...
... gender at future Democratic conventions. That last groundbreaking decision meant that, starting in 1980, half the delegates at the Democratic National Convention would be women. It was in this context that I began working for the NWPC ...
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... gender discrimination, however, led to yet more battles. Title VII was one of the most demanding components of the Civil Rights Act, and it necessitated the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, whose chairman ...
... gender discrimination, however, led to yet more battles. Title VII was one of the most demanding components of the Civil Rights Act, and it necessitated the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, whose chairman ...
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... gender privileges enjoyed by women, including “dependent wife” benefits under Social Security and exemption from the military draft. One Schlafly ally cautioned that “the ERA would mean the end of femininity.” Others asserted that ...
... gender privileges enjoyed by women, including “dependent wife” benefits under Social Security and exemption from the military draft. One Schlafly ally cautioned that “the ERA would mean the end of femininity.” Others asserted that ...
Contents
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A Distant Kingdom | 67 |
A Star Is Born | 85 |
Leaping And Creeping | 201 |
The Next Piece Of The Puzzle | 225 |
Madam Speaker | 243 |
Down To The Wire | 257 |
EMILYS List 20 | 271 |
Women Make It Work | 289 |
Back Matter | 303 |
Back Flap | 359 |
How To Beat Bubba | 107 |
Nantucket Sleigh Ride | 133 |
The Year Of The Woman | 159 |
Reversal Of Fortune | 175 |
Back Cover | 360 |
Spine | 361 |
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When Women Win: EMILY's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics Ellen Malcolm,Craig Unger No preview available - 2016 |
When Women Win: EMILY's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics Ellen R. Malcolm,Craig Unger No preview available - 2017 |
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