Women Leaders in Contemporary U.S. Politics / / ed. by Jane P. Sweeney, Frank P. Le Veness.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Amundsen, Kirsten,; Belonzi, Arthur A.,; Bertolini, Joseph C.,; Carruth, Reba,; Dabrowski, Irene J.,; Hughes, Arthur J.,; Le Veness, Frank P.,; Linford, Orma,; Lynn, Naomi B.,; Nelsen, Vivian Jenkins,; Richter, Linda K.,; Sweeney, Jane P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Le Veness, Frank P.,; Sweeney, Jane P. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (164 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Women in the Political Arena --; 2 Shirley Chisholm: Woman of Complexity, Conscience, and Compassion --; 3 Dianne Feinstein: Now That Was a Mayor! --; 4 Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro: An American Legacy --; 5 Margaret M. Heckler: Student Legislator to Ambassador --; 6 Elizabeth Holtzman: Political Reform and Feminist Vision --; 7 Nancy Landon Kassebaum: From School Board to Senate --; 8 Jeane Kirkpatrick: From the University to the United Nations --; 9 Barbara Mikulski: Representing the Neighborhood --; 10 Sandra Day O'Connor: Myra Bradwell's Revenge --; 11 The Unnamed Political Woman --; Selected Bibliography --; Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685859480; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685859480
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jane P. Sweeney, Frank P. Le Veness.

Examines the careers of nine political women in an effort to ascertain how and why they chose and succeeded in politics.