Jo Freeman

We Will Be Heard

Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States

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Produktbeschreibung

In We Will Be Heard, noted political scientist Jo Freeman chronicles the struggles of women in the United States for political power. Fifteen case studies of women's struggles for political influence provide the historical context for today's political events. Starting with a general overview, the three sections of the book look at different ways in which women have broken barriers, practiced politics, and promoted public policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780742556089
• ISBN-10: 0742556085
• Artikelnr.: 23305770

Autorenporträt

By Jo Freeman

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Search for Political Woman Part I: Practicing Politics
Chapter 1: The Iowa Origins of Organized Republican Women Chapter 2: "One
Man, One Vote; One Woman, One Throat": Women in New York City Politics,
1890-1910 Chapter 3: The Rise of Political Woman in the Election of 1912
Chapter 4: All the Way for the ERA: Winning and Losing in Virginia Part II:
Breaking Barriers Chapter 5: The Women Who Ran for President Chapter 6:
Ruth Bryan Owen: Florida's First Congresswoman Chapter 7: Marion Martin of
Maine: A Mother of Republican Women Chapter 8: Gender Gaps in Presidential
Elections Chapter 9: Feminism and Antifeminism in the Republican and
Democratic Parties Chapter 10: Gender Representation in the Democratic and
Republican Parties Part III: Promoting Policy Chapter 11: "Equality" vs.
"Protection": Setting the Agenda after Suffrage Chapter 12: How "Sex" Got
into Title VII: Persistent Opportunism as a Maker of Public Policy Chapter
13: Congressional Passage of the Equal Rights Amendment Chapter 14:
Comparable Worth Epilogue: The Long Road to Madame Speaker