Gender and the American presidency : nine presidential women and the barriers they faced / / Theodore F. Sheckels, Nichola D. Gutgold, and Diana Bartelli Carlin.

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Superior document:Lexington studies in political communication
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Lexington studies in political communication.
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Physical Description:x, 192 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Gender and the American presidency: nine presidential women and the barriers they faced
  • Nancy Landon Kassebaum: the junior senator from Kansas with a mind of her own
  • Dianne Feinstein: the loneliness of a moderate voice
  • Barbara Mikulski: wrong style, wrong appearance
  • Elizabeth Hanford Dole: a star surrogate
  • Nancy D'Alesssandro Pelosi: tangled-up in stereotypes
  • Olympia Snowe: seeking a sensible center
  • Christine Gregoire: a competent communicator
  • Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius: realizing America's promise
  • Linda Lingle: forgotten politico in paradise
  • Conclusion: what must a presidential woman be.