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The firsts : the inside story of the women reshaping Congress / Jennifer Steinhauer.
Van Pelt Library HQ1236.5.U6 S732 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steinhauer, Jennifer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women legislators--United States.
- Women legislators.
- United States.
- United States. Congress.
- Women--Political activity--United States.
- Women.
- Women--Political activity.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 262 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A lively, behind-the-scenes look at the historic cohort of diverse, young, and groundbreaking women newly elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 as they arrive in Washington, DC, and start working for change, written by a news reporter with sharp insight and deep knowledge of the Hill"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- French heels, kidney punches, and the dead husbands' club
- They did it their way
- Now what?
- Whose party is it, anyway?
- Reclaiming their time
- Crisis at the border
- This is what diversity looks like
- Lived experiences
- The lasts
- To impeach or not to impeach
- Paving the way forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781616209995
- 1616209992
- OCLC:
- 1137207869
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