Congressional Pathfinders
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Congressional Pathfinders

"First" Members of Congress and How They Shaped American History

  1. 279 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Congressional Pathfinders

"First" Members of Congress and How They Shaped American History

About this book

Congressional Pathfinders: "First" Members of Congress and How They Shaped American History discusses those men and women whose service in the United States Congress, as improbable as it was, marked a turning point in history. To be the first black American or the first woman to serve in a largely white, male-dominated institution requires a level of moral courage seldom found in ordinary people. To be openly gay, to subscribe to the Muslim faith in a nation often fearful and ignorant of Islam, or to navigate the hallways of power with physical disabilities is to be cognizant of one's separateness. To be an "other" is to feel the stigma of that difference, and yet to persevere is to forge a path for later generations of others to follow. The service of these courageous men and women forever changed Congress and, by extension, the nation: they truly were congressional pathfinders. Nancy Pelosi, Daniel Inouye, Margaret Chase Smith, Shirley Chisholm, Ilhan Omar, and Hillary Clinton are among the many figures profiled in Congressional Pathfinders.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Congressional Pathfinders
  3. Congressional Pathfinders: “First” Members of Congressand How They Shaped AmericanHistory
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. Introduction and Acknowledgments
  10. Chapter 1
  11. Joseph Marion Hernández
  12. Chapter 2
  13. Hiram Rhodes Revels
  14. Chapter 3
  15. Charles Curtis
  16. Chapter 4
  17. Jeannette Rankin
  18. Chapter 5
  19. Oscar DePriest
  20. Chapter 6
  21. Hattie Caraway
  22. Chapter 7
  23. Margaret Chase Smith
  24. Chapter 8
  25. Daniel Inouye
  26. Chapter 9
  27. Shirley Chisholm
  28. Chapter 10
  29. Barbara Jordan
  30. Chapter 11
  31. Gerry E. Studds
  32. Chapter 12
  33. Carol Moseley Braun
  34. Chapter 13
  35. Nancy Pelosi
  36. Chapter 14
  37. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
  38. Chapter 15
  39. Hillary Rodham Clinton
  40. Chapter 16
  41. Tammy Duckworth
  42. Chapter 17
  43. Catherine Cortez Masto
  44. Chapter 18
  45. Pramila Jayapal
  46. Chapter 19
  47. Stephanie Murphy
  48. Chapter 20
  49. Ilhan Omar
  50. References
  51. Index
  52. About the Author

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