Gender and the American Presidency [[electronic resource] ] : Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462117803321
• Autore: Sheckels Theodore F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-67120-3; 9786613648136; 0-7391-6680-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Collana: Lexington Studies in Political Communication
• Altri autori (Persone): GutgoldNichola D; CarlinDiana B
• Disciplina: 320.0820973; 324.973082
• Soggetti: Sex role - Political aspects - United States; Women presidential candidates - United States; Women presidential candidates - Political aspects - United States; Sex role - United States; Gender & Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced-An Introduction; Chapter 2. Nancy Landon Kassebaum: The Junior Senator from Kansas with a Mind of Her Own; Chapter 3. Dianne Feinstein: The Loneliness of a Moderate Voice; Chapter 4. Barbara Mikulski: Wrong Style, Wrong Appearance; Chapter 5. Elizabeth Hanford Dole: A Star Surrogate; Photospread; Chapter 6. Nancy Pelosi: Tangled-Up in Stereotypes; Chapter 7. Olympia Snowe: Seeking a Sensible Center; Chapter 8. Christine Gregoire: A Competent Communica; Chapter 9. Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius: Realizing America's PromiseChapter 10. Linda Lingle: Forgotten Politico in Paradi; Chapter ; 11. Conclusion: What Must a Presidential Woman Be?; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced, by Theodore F. Sheckels, Nichola D. Gutgold, and Diana Bartelli Carlin, is a book that includes interviews with several of the subjects, inviting not only the reader, but the women themselves to consider why they have been dismissed as presidential contenders. Gender and media scholars as well as the general public will find the barriers of communication style, geography, stereotyping, and more, both frustrating and fascinating as the US attempts