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Woman of the house : the rise of Nancy Pelosi / Vincent Bzdek.
Van Pelt Library E840.8.P37 B94 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bzdek, Vincent.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pelosi, Nancy, 1940-.
- Pelosi, Nancy.
- United States. Congress. House--Speakers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House.
- Women legislators--United States--Biography.
- Women legislators.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 264 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Summary:
- A portrait of the first woman Speaker of the House chronicles Nancy Pelosi's rise to political power, her role as a vocal opponent of the Iraq War, the legislative efforts she has spearheaded successfully, and her future in American politics.
- Contents:
- The family vocation
- The social gospel
- Pelosi's family values
- Back in the game
- A voice that will be heard
- The boys' club
- The glass ceiling
- Chocolate and the gavel
- The marble ceiling
- Inauguration Day
- The hundred hours
- The war over the war
- Epilogue: Woman of the house.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 023060319X
- 9780230603196
- OCLC:
- 181592105
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