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Madame Chair A Political Autobiography of an Unintentional Pioneer / Jean Miles Westwood ; edited by Linda Sillitoe ; with a foreword by Floyd A. O'Neil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westwood, Jean.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Westwood, Jean.
- Democratic Party (U.S.)--Biography.
- Democratic Party (U.S.).
- Presidents--United States--Election--1972.
- Presidents.
- Political consultants--United States--Biography.
- Political consultants.
- Women political consultants--United States--Biography.
- Women political consultants.
- Utah--Politics and government--20th century.
- Utah.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Logan : Utah State University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Jean Westwood called herself an unintentional pioneer. Although she worked hard to achieve what she did, she did not actively seek or expect to reach what was arguably the most powerful political position any American woman had ever held, chair of the national Democratic Party. A Utah national committeewoman and member of the reform committee that reorganized the party, Westwood answered George McGovern's call to lead his presidential campaign. In the dramatic year of 1972, she became "chairman" of the party, McGovern lost in a landslide, Nixon was reelected, and a covert operatio
- Contents:
- McGovern calls
- Political beginnings
- Party politics
- and parties
- Preparing for the 1968 convention
- The 1968 campaign in Utah
- Beginnings of reform
- Implementing reform
- Call for 1972 convention
- Convention by committee
- The nominee
- and a new chair
- The hatchet and the race
- To chair or not
- Conceiving a charter
- The Sanford campaign
- Rounding out a career.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780874216660
- 0874216664
- OCLC:
- 476147139
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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