In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers
and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her
daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American
women in politics -- and inspire readers to make a difference. With
foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Meet some of the most influential leaders in America, including
Jeannette Rankin, who, in 1916, became the first woman elected to
Congress; Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to
Congress; Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the Supreme
Court; and Bella Abzug, who famously declared, "This woman's place is in
the House . . . the House of Representatives!" This engaging and
wide-ranging collection of biographies highlights the actions,
struggles, and accomplishments of more than fifty of the most
influential leaders in American political history -- leaders who have
stood up, blazed trails, and led the way.
Features:
Bella Abzug
Abigail Adams
Madeleine Albright
Tammy Baldwin
Mary McLeod Bethune
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Soledad Chávez Chacón
Shirley Chisholm
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Elizabeth Dole
Tammy Duckworth
Crystal Bird Fauset
Dianne Feinstein
Geraldine Ferraro
Betty Ford
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ella T. Grasso
Nikki Haley
Fannie Lou Hamer
Kamala Harris
Patricia Roberts Harris
Carla Hayden
Mazie Hirono
Diane Humetewa
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Barbara Jordan
Clare Boothe Luce
Wilma Mankiller
Susana Martinez
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Carol Moseley Braun
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Sandra Day O'Connor
Nancy Pelosi
Frances Perkins
Jeannette Rankin
Condoleezza Rice
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Susanna Madora Salter
Lottie Shackelford
Margaret Chase Smith
Sonia Sotomayor
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Mary Church Terrell
Elizabeth Warren
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Edith Wilson
Victoria Woodhull
