
When Women Win
Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics
- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A behind-the-scenes look at the organization that transformed Congress—and became a force for female empowerment. In 1985, aware of the near-total absence of women in Congress, Ellen Malcolm launched EMILY's List, a powerhouse political organization that seeks to ignite change by getting women elected to office. The rest is history: Since then, EMILY's List has helped elect 23 women senators, 12 governors, and 116 Democratic women to the House. When Women Win delivers stories of some of the toughest political contests of the past three decades, including the historic victory of Barbara Mikulski as the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right and Elizabeth Warren's dramatic Senate win. It is both a page-turning political drama and an important look at the effects of women's engagement in politics.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- The Last Glass Ceiling
- A Political Education
- A Movement Begins
- Starting from Zero
- The Vicious Cycle (and How to Break It)
- The Ferraro Factor
- The Founding Mothers
- A Distant Kingdom
- A Star Is Born
- How to Beat Bubba
- Nantucket Sleigh Ride
- The Year of the Woman
- Reversal of Fortune
- Leaping and Creeping
- The Next Piece of the Puzzle
- Madam Speaker
- Down to the Wire
- EMILY’s List 2.0
- Women Make It Work
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors
- Connect with HMH
- Footnotes