Author: Amy Schapiro
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813532318
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Amy Schapiro offers a biography of the pipe-smoking grandmother from New Jersey who took Congress by storm in the 1960s when she became involved in the civil rights movement. 18 black-and-white photos.
Millicent Fenwick
Author: Amy Schapiro
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813532318
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Amy Schapiro offers a biography of the pipe-smoking grandmother from New Jersey who took Congress by storm in the 1960s when she became involved in the civil rights movement. 18 black-and-white photos.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813532318
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Amy Schapiro offers a biography of the pipe-smoking grandmother from New Jersey who took Congress by storm in the 1960s when she became involved in the civil rights movement. 18 black-and-white photos.
A Minority of Members
Author: Hope Chamberlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Pat Schroeder
Author: Joan A. Lowy
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826330987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This is the first biography of Pat Schroeder: outspoken Colorado Democrat elected to Congress in 1972, beloved by the left, and despised by the right.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826330987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This is the first biography of Pat Schroeder: outspoken Colorado Democrat elected to Congress in 1972, beloved by the left, and despised by the right.
Congress and the Nation: 1945-1964
Author: Congressional Quarterly, inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 2064
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 2064
Book Description
Congressional Women
Author: Irwin N. Gertzog
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313018480
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This is a revision and update of Gertzog's successful 1984 study of women in the United States Congress. Now, 10 years later, the congressional roster is far different: Women have made major in-roads in numbers and prominence in the House of Representatives. Based upon interviews with 45 members of the 103rd Congress, this study examines the rise in the number of women elected, the circumstances leading to their success, and their integration into the workings of the institution, in both legislative and political terms.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313018480
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This is a revision and update of Gertzog's successful 1984 study of women in the United States Congress. Now, 10 years later, the congressional roster is far different: Women have made major in-roads in numbers and prominence in the House of Representatives. Based upon interviews with 45 members of the 103rd Congress, this study examines the rise in the number of women elected, the circumstances leading to their success, and their integration into the workings of the institution, in both legislative and political terms.
Ella
Author: Susan Bysiewicz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Choosing War
Author: Fredrik Logevall
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520927117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
In one of the most detailed and powerfully argued books published on American intervention in Vietnam, Fredrik Logevall examines the last great unanswered question on the war: Could the tragedy have been averted? His answer: a resounding yes. Challenging the prevailing myth that the outbreak of large-scale fighting in 1965 was essentially unavoidable, Choosing War argues that the Vietnam War was unnecessary, not merely in hindsight but in the context of its time. Why, then, did major war break out? Logevall shows it was partly because of the timidity of the key opponents of U.S. involvement, and partly because of the staunch opposition of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations to early negotiations. His superlative account shows that U.S. officials chose war over disengagement despite deep doubts about the war's prospects and about Vietnam's importance to U.S. security and over the opposition of important voices in the Congress, in the press, and in the world community. They did so because of concerns about credibility—not so much America's or the Democratic party's credibility, but their own personal credibility. Based on six years of painstaking research, this book is the first to place American policymaking on Vietnam in 1963-65 in its wider international context using multiarchival sources, many of them recently declassified. Here we see for the first time how the war played in the key world capitals—not merely in Washington, Saigon, and Hanoi, but also in Paris and London, in Tokyo and Ottawa, in Moscow and Beijing. Choosing War is a powerful and devastating account of fear, favor, and hypocrisy at the highest echelons of American government, a book that will change forever our understanding of the tragedy that was the Vietnam War.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520927117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
In one of the most detailed and powerfully argued books published on American intervention in Vietnam, Fredrik Logevall examines the last great unanswered question on the war: Could the tragedy have been averted? His answer: a resounding yes. Challenging the prevailing myth that the outbreak of large-scale fighting in 1965 was essentially unavoidable, Choosing War argues that the Vietnam War was unnecessary, not merely in hindsight but in the context of its time. Why, then, did major war break out? Logevall shows it was partly because of the timidity of the key opponents of U.S. involvement, and partly because of the staunch opposition of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations to early negotiations. His superlative account shows that U.S. officials chose war over disengagement despite deep doubts about the war's prospects and about Vietnam's importance to U.S. security and over the opposition of important voices in the Congress, in the press, and in the world community. They did so because of concerns about credibility—not so much America's or the Democratic party's credibility, but their own personal credibility. Based on six years of painstaking research, this book is the first to place American policymaking on Vietnam in 1963-65 in its wider international context using multiarchival sources, many of them recently declassified. Here we see for the first time how the war played in the key world capitals—not merely in Washington, Saigon, and Hanoi, but also in Paris and London, in Tokyo and Ottawa, in Moscow and Beijing. Choosing War is a powerful and devastating account of fear, favor, and hypocrisy at the highest echelons of American government, a book that will change forever our understanding of the tragedy that was the Vietnam War.
On Capitol Hill
Author: Julian E. Zelizer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521681278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Thirty years after the 'Watergate Babies' promised to end corruption in Washington, Julian Zelizer offers a major history of the demise of the committee era Congress and the rise of the contemporary legislative branch. Based on research in over 100 archival collections, this 2004 book tackles one of the most enduring political challenges in America: barring a wholesale evolution, how can the institutions that compose representative democracy be improved so as best to fulfill the promises of the Constitution? While popular accounts suggest that major scandals or legislation can transform how government works, Zelizer shows that reform is messy, slow, multidimensional, and involves many institutions. This moment of reform in the 1970s revolved around a coalition that had worked for decades, the slow reconfiguration of the relationship between institutions, shifts in the national culture, and the ability of reformers to take advantage of scandal and elections.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521681278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Thirty years after the 'Watergate Babies' promised to end corruption in Washington, Julian Zelizer offers a major history of the demise of the committee era Congress and the rise of the contemporary legislative branch. Based on research in over 100 archival collections, this 2004 book tackles one of the most enduring political challenges in America: barring a wholesale evolution, how can the institutions that compose representative democracy be improved so as best to fulfill the promises of the Constitution? While popular accounts suggest that major scandals or legislation can transform how government works, Zelizer shows that reform is messy, slow, multidimensional, and involves many institutions. This moment of reform in the 1970s revolved around a coalition that had worked for decades, the slow reconfiguration of the relationship between institutions, shifts in the national culture, and the ability of reformers to take advantage of scandal and elections.
Climbing the Hill
Author: Karen Foerstel
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Climbing the Hill explores the history and current status of women members and staff on Capitol Hill. It traces the difficult history of women in Congress, their slow and painful path to political power and their hopes and fears of today. It presents a comprehensive analysis of women's success at the polls and within the congressional hierarchy—legislatively, politically, and socially. Through in-depth research and extensive personal interviews, the authors reveal the deep-rooted sexual divisions within the U.S. Congress and the continuing struggle of women to break into the old boy network. The book's comprehensive coverage is unique and up-to-date and will be of interest to scholars, students, and interested layreaders.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Climbing the Hill explores the history and current status of women members and staff on Capitol Hill. It traces the difficult history of women in Congress, their slow and painful path to political power and their hopes and fears of today. It presents a comprehensive analysis of women's success at the polls and within the congressional hierarchy—legislatively, politically, and socially. Through in-depth research and extensive personal interviews, the authors reveal the deep-rooted sexual divisions within the U.S. Congress and the continuing struggle of women to break into the old boy network. The book's comprehensive coverage is unique and up-to-date and will be of interest to scholars, students, and interested layreaders.
Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women
Author: Karen Foerstel
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313302901
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An introduction outlines the history of women in Congress, the obstacles they faced early in the century as well as today, and their slow but steady rise to power within the congressional hierarchy."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313302901
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An introduction outlines the history of women in Congress, the obstacles they faced early in the century as well as today, and their slow but steady rise to power within the congressional hierarchy."--BOOK JACKET.