women politicians

Isabella, a purple-haired girl, imagines she is a variety of women who were first in their political offices as she and her family prepare to attend a presidential inauguration.

Looks at nine women involved in politics and the impact they have made.

"The inside story of the rise of women in elected office over the past quarter-century, from the pioneering founder of three-million-member EMILY's List"--OCLC.

Influential lawyer, first lady of Arkansas and then the United States, senator for New York, and U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton has been an influential figure in American politics for over three decades. This biography aimed at the lower elementary market presents Hillary s achievements and policies in a simple, easy-to-grasp manner. If her history proves anything, she ll remain a key political figure in the years to come. Hillary Clinton just released her memoir Hard Choices, and many consider her to be the frontrunner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination making a biography that explains her platform to lower elementary readers key in the coming years.

Chronicles the life of Lady Georgiana Spencer, the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, discussing her success as a leader of fashionable society and hostess of an important political salon, and looking at her unhappy marriage, gambling addiction, and other less savory details of her private life.

A collection of letters in which Aung San Suu Kyi reflects on the seasons, scenery, customs, festivities, and people of Burma.

Grace Monroe, elected to the Los Angeles city council on a Christian platform, is forced to question her life and her faith when a dark secret from her husband's past threatens everything she loves and has worked to achieve.

A biography of Felisa Rinc?n de Gautier, a woman who became the first female mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Profiles of Jeannette Rankin, Margaret Chase Smith, "Lindy" Boggs, Patricia S. Schroeder, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, and others.