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The Highest Glass Ceiling : Women's Quest for the American Presidency / Ellen Fitzpatrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fitzpatrick, Ellen, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
- Presidential candidates.
- Women presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
- Women presidential candidates.
- Women--Political activity--United States--History.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick tells the story of three remarkable women who set their sights on the Presidency. The arduous, dramatic quests of Victoria Woodhull (1872), Margaret Chase Smith (1964), and Shirley Chisholm (1972) illuminate today’s political landscape, shedding light on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for the Oval Office.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- “A Very Conspicuous Position”
- “The Elephant Has an Attractive Face”
- “Shake It Up, Make It Change”
- Epilogue: 2016
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-49605-1
- OCLC:
- 984688294
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