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



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Autore: Sheckels Theodore F Visualizza persona
Titolo: Gender and the American Presidency [[electronic resource] ] : Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2012
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
Disciplina: 320.0820973
324.973082
Soggetto topico: 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
Altri autori: GutgoldNichola D  
CarlinDiana B  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Gender and the American Presidency  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-67120-3
9786613648136
0-7391-6680-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810770903321
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Serie: Lexington Studies in Political Communication