The art of tough : fearlessly facing politics and life / Barbara Boxer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boxer, Barbara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxer, Barbara.

United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.

United States.

United States. Congress. Senate.

Women--Political activity--United States.

Women.

Women--Political activity.

Women legislators--United States--Biography.

Women legislators.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2016.

Summary:

Barbara Boxer has made her mark, combining compassionate advocacy with scrappiness in a political career spanning more than three decades. Now, retiring from the Senate, she continues the work to which she's dedicated 30 years in Congress. Her memoir shares her provocative and touching recollections of service, and cements her commitment to the fight for women, families, quality, environmental protection, all in a peaceful world.

Contents:

The first lesson of tough

Love, California, and the war that changed everything

At home in the House

An unsettling time: AIDS, sexual harassment, and the Senate

From an asterisk in the polls to Senator

Crashing the old boys' club

The insanity of impeachment, a stolen election, the horrors of 9/11 and Iraq

Unforgettable colleagues, a lonely dissent, and the best election ever

The crash, leaders, sexual harassment 2.0, and the sudden partisanship of the environment

The end and a beginning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-274).

ISBN:

9780316311465

0316311464

OCLC:

923793092