Gender and the American presidency nine presidential women and the barriers they faced
In Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced, Theodore F. Sheckels, Nichola D. Gutgold, and Diana Bartelli Carlin invite the audience to consider women qualified enough to be president and explores reasons why they have been dismissed as presidential con...
| Main Author: | Sheckels, Theodore F. |
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| Other Authors: | Gutgold, Nichola D., Carlin, Diana B., 1950- |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
c2012.
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| Series: |
Lexington studies in political communication.
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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 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.