An intimate, fresh perspective on the most powerful woman in American political history, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, by award-winning political journalist Molly Ball. She's the iconic leader who puts Donald Trump in his place, the woman with the toughness to take on a lawless president and defend American democracy. Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery...

This book, Beyond Interviews: Exploring Changes in Women's Lives and Politics (1970-2008), examines the life trajectories and social and political views and behaviors of a diverse group of thirteen women I interviewed four times--from their junior year in high school in 1970 through their mid-fifties in 2008. As a group, they were part of a distinctive generational cohort. However, as juniors, the young women's educational and political views and...

Red Is the New Black challenges the assumption that the Democratic Party is a girl's best friend. Red Is the New Black takes an in depth look at the major policy issues affecting all of us to unveil the core values that best empower today's women. It turns out that if we focus on values instead of arguing over ideas, there's a whole lot of common ground upon which women of all viewpoints can agree. Entrepreneur, media commentator, and former White...

Get the Summary of Christopher C. Gorham's The Confidante in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Anna Rosenberg's life is a testament to the power of political engagement and the impact of a single individual on American history. Born in Budapest, she moved to New York City with her family after her father's business failed. Embracing her new American identity, Anna became a high school suffragist and U.S. citizen,...

Not all governments have been run by men. Lives of Extraordinary Women turns the spotlight on women who have wielded power, revealing their feats-and flaws-for all the world to see. Here you'll find twenty of the most influential women in history: queens, warriors, prime ministers, first ladies, revolutionary leaders. Some are revered. Others are notorious. What were they really like? In this grand addition to their highly praised series, Kathleen...

This anti-suffrage pamphlet by Marie Corelli is a fascinating read for any modern feminist or social historian and all those who are interested in the history of suffragism. Corelli accepted gender roles as natural and immutable, which inevitably influenced her view on female suffrage. She claimed that nature insists on contrasts, and therefore the suffragette betrayed feminine culture and showed herself in allegiance with men rather than as committed...

About #2020: The Bell Curve & The Metaphor... The crack in the Liberty Bell has become symbolic with the existing problems, occurring in American Politics. Politicians are baiting Americans against each other so they can remain in power. We must draw attention to the voting loopholes currently existing in our system while using them to our advantage until we close them. Sometimes, people need a dose of their own medicine. Some of the chapters are...

Many Canadians say that British Columbia is the zaniest political province. It's too diverse, too polarized-geographically, demographically and ideologically. But the British Columbia political arena is lively, and it has often led the way in electing women to parliaments-as respected spokespeople for the public and as equal people. In Seeking Balance, Anne Edwards shares her conversations with more than eighty British Columbia women politicians,...

Women's equality is one of the great achievements of Western civilization. Yet most American women today do not consider themselves "feminists." Why is the term that describes one of the great chapters in the history of freedom in such disrepute? In Freedom Feminism: It’s Surprising History and Why It Matters Today, Christina Hoff Sommers seeks to recover the lost history of American feminism by introducing readers to conservative feminism's forgotten...