women cabinet officers

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
women cabinet officers

Elizabeth Dole

a leader in Washington
1998
A biography of Elizabeth Dole, discussing her childhood in North Carolina, her elementary and college days, her political accomplishments, and her marriage to presidential candidate Bob Dole.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

secretary of state
2010
An illustrated biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton that covers her family, activism, education, career in politics, roles as first lady of Arkansas and the United States, and other related topics.

The woman behind the New Deal

the life and legacy of Frances Perkins--Social Security, unemployment insurance, and the minimum wage
2010
A biography of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor under President Franklin Roosevelt, discussing her role in the fight to improve the lives of America's working people during the Great Depression, and looking at how she managed to keep up with her family and her job.

Elizabeth Dole

a leader in Washington
1999
A biography of Elizabeth Dole, discussing her childhood in North Carolina, her elementary and college days, her political accomplishments, and her marriage to presidential candidate Bob Dole.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

2010
Examines the life and career of Hillary Rodham Clinton, discussing her childhood, family, education, marriage to former president Bill Clinton, political success, and other related topics.

No higher honor

a memoir of my years in Washington
2011
Former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condolezza Rice presents in her own words the story of her eight years in Washington working for President George W. Bush. Explores the events of her day on 9/11 and how the years following changed the parameters of her job, giving inside information about her statements at the 9/11 Commission hearings, as well as what she was tasked to do in the latter years of the Bush era with North Korea, Hurricane Katrina, and conflicts beginning in Libya and Egypt.

Madam secretary

the story of Madeleine Albright
1998
Focuses on the career of the former United States ambassador to the United Nations who became the first woman to serve as Secretary of State.

Madam Secretary

2003
Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright tells her life story, discussing her childhood, her adventures in parenthood and grandparenthood, her foreign policy experiences and peacekeeping efforts, and the Clinton and post-Clinton years.

Elizabeth Dole

2004
Examines the life and achievements of North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole, discussing her childhood and education, legal career, marriage to Senator Bob Dole, her work as Labor Secretary and president of the Red Cross, and her unsuccessful bid for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - women cabinet officers