Anticipating Madam President /

Anticipating Madam President / / ed. by Ann Gordon, Robert P. Watson.

Madam President? The question is not if, but rather when the United States will elect a female president—but that may be the only certainty involved in shattering this most visible glass ceiling in U.S. society. Who will be included in the field of candidates for Madam President, and why? How will s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Bower, Carol Lynn,
Bystrom, Dianne,
Costain, Anne N.,
Cox Han, Lori,
Davis, John,
Falk, Erika,
Farrar-Myers, Victoria A.,
Gordon, Ann,
Hall Jamieson, Kathleen,
Haussman, Melissa,
Heith, Diane J.,
Kennedy, Carole,
Lansford, Tom,
Miller, jerry,
O’Connor, Karen,
Schroeder, Pat,
Skidmore, Max J.,
Watson, Robert P.,
Wilson, Marie C,
HerausgeberIn:
Gordon, Ann,
Watson, Robert P.,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]
©2003
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (271 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction: The White House as Ultimate Prize
  • PART 1 THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL EQUALITY
  • 2 Breaking the Final Glass Ceiling: When (Not If) a Woman Becomes President
  • 3 Paving the Way: The Work of the Women's Movement
  • 4 Changing the Climate of Expectations
  • 5 Profile: Shirley Chisholm, Blazing Trails
  • PART 2 THE CAMPAIGN
  • 6 Can Women Enter the "Big Tents"? National Party Structures and Presidential Nominations
  • 7 A War Chest Full of Susan B. Anthony Dollars: Fund-raising Issues for Female Presidential Candidates
  • 8 On the Way to the White House: Communication Strategies for Women Candidates
  • 9 Public Discourse and Female Presidential Candidates
  • 10 Profile: Pat Schroeder and the Campaign That Wasn't
  • PART 3 THE MEDIA, VOTERS, AND PUBLIC OPINION
  • 11 The Lipstick Watch: Media Coverage, Gender, and Presidential Campaigns
  • 12 Is the United States Ready for a Woman President? Is the Pope Protestant?
  • 13 Gender, Race, and the Oval Office
  • 14 Profile: Geraldine Ferraro, Media Coverage of History in the Making
  • PART 4 GOVERNING
  • 15 Presidential Leadership: Governance from a Woman's Perspective
  • 16 A Female Leader for the Free World: The First Woman President and U.S. Foreign Policy
  • 17 Confronting the Myths: The First Woman President and National Security
  • 18 Profile: Elizabeth Dole, Executive Leadership
  • PART 5 CONCLUSION
  • 19 Madam President: Sooner or Later?
  • Appendix: The White House Project
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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