As a 1950s housewife and League of Women Voters volunteer who
spearheaded the city of Lincoln’s switch to a “strong mayor”
form of government, Helen Boosalis (1919–2009) never anticipated
that she herself would one day be that strong mayor and chief
executive of Nebraska’s capital city. Helen Boosalis’s story,
told by her daughter, Beth Boosalis Davis, is that of a true
pioneer of women in politics. The daughter of Greek immigrants,
Boosalis achieved national prominence as the first woman president
of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and as an outspoken advocate for
economically distressed cities facing President Reagan’s “new
federalism.” Winning the Democratic nomination for governor of
Nebraska in 1986, Helen Boosalis ran against Kay Orr in the first
gubernatorial contest between two women in U.S. history. The
interwoven tales of conflict and challenge, from the mayor’s
office to the campaign trail, combine personal insight into one
woman’s trailblazing political history with a compelling memoir
of a half century of public service and private devotion
shared by two remarkable women, mother and daughter.
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