When Women Win
eBook - ePub

When Women Win

Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

When Women Win

Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics

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

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. The Last Glass Ceiling
  6. A Political Education
  7. A Movement Begins
  8. Starting from Zero
  9. The Vicious Cycle (and How to Break It)
  10. The Ferraro Factor
  11. The Founding Mothers
  12. A Distant Kingdom
  13. A Star Is Born
  14. How to Beat Bubba
  15. Nantucket Sleigh Ride
  16. The Year of the Woman
  17. Reversal of Fortune
  18. Leaping and Creeping
  19. The Next Piece of the Puzzle
  20. Madam Speaker
  21. Down to the Wire
  22. EMILY’s List 2.0
  23. Women Make It Work
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. Notes
  26. Index
  27. About the Authors
  28. Connect with HMH
  29. Footnotes