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Stepping Up To Power

The Political Journey Of Women In America

Autor: Harriett Woods

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Editura: Basic Books

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Harriett Woods insists that it will take more than a woman president to assure that women have effec...

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Autor

Harriett Woods

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2001

Pagini

272

EAN

9780813398181

ISBN

0813398185

Enbook ID

04725507

Editura

Basic Books

Greutate

372

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 16

Descriere completă

Harriett Woods insists that it will take more than a woman president to assure that women have effective political power in the next millennium. Stepping Up to Power looks backward in order to move women forward; Woods believes that getting more women to enter the political arena will take both their commitment and a knowledge of the past. The author uses her own life story to recall how women excluded from public life were fired by their determination to solve local problems and by their passion for social issues. Decade by decade, from the 1950s to the present, Woods candidly discusses the positive and negative aspects of pivotal events leading to a triumphant moment when women believe they finally have broken through to real political power-only to discover that new challenges remain.The author examines some of the myths about women as voters and candidates; tells stories about such colorful figures as Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan; provides step-by-step advice on becoming a candidate; and describes from her own personal experience such moments as the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings, the 1992 "Year of the Woman," the appointments of Janet Reno and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and her own breakthrough race for the U. S. Senate in Missouri in 1982.Stepping Up to Power will fascinate general readers as well as students of women's history. America has been transformed by a revolution that has changed the personal and public relationships between men and women. The question remains: How will women use the power they have gained? Stepping Up to Power provides an inspiring answer.