women in politics

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women in politics

Lives of extraordinary women

comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought)

Lives of extraordinary women

rulers, rebels (and what the neighbors thought)
Profiles twenty historically significant women, highlighting their great accomplishments and unique quirks.

Evita, First Lady

a biography of Eva Per?n
1978
Examines the life of Eva Peron, discussing her poverty-stricken youth, her acting aspirations, her relationship with her husband, and her actions as first lady of Argentina.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

a biography
A biography of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, focusing on her life from childhood through adulthood, and detailing the events that shaped her political career, and includes a historical timeline.
Cover image of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

From suffrage to the Senate

an encyclopedia of American women in politics
1999
A two-volume set containing entries that profile the key figures and events in American women's fight for social equality and political power.

Lives of extraordinary women

rulers, rebels (and what the neighbors thought)
Provides biographies of twenty influential women of history including Eleanor Roosevelt, Queen Victoria, Harriet Tubman, and Golda Meir.

The Georgetown ladies' social club

power, passion, and politics in the nation's capital
2003
Examines the roles that five powerful women from the Washington, D.C., village of Georgetown--Katharine Graham, Lorraine Cooper, Evangeline Bruce, Pamela Harriman, and Sally Quinn--have played in American political history through their social connections.

Women's America

refocusing the past
1982

Careers for women in politics

1989
Discusses career prospects and realities for women in politics.

Maggie

an intimate portrait of a woman in power
1990
Traces the private and political life of Great Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.

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