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Press Portrayals of Women Politicians, 1870s-2000s - From "Lunatic" Woodhull to "Polarizing" Palin (Hardcover)
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Press Portrayals of Women Politicians, 1870s-2000s - From "Lunatic" Woodhull to "Polarizing" Palin (Hardcover)
Series: Women in American Political History
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Recent history suggests the United States is within reach of its
first woman president. This book examines the media experiences of
women political pioneers who helped pave the way to the breaking of
the glass ceiling. It analyzes newspaper treatment of four
pioneering politicians between the 1870s and 2000s and explores how
media discourse of women politicians has and hasn't changed over
150 years. The women featured are Victoria Woodhull, the first
woman to run for president; Jeannette Rankin, the first woman
elected to Congress; Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to
receive a presidential nomination at a major party's convention;
and Sarah Palin, the first Republican woman vice presidential
candidate. The social, political, and journalistic cultures of each
woman's era are also explored to provide context for the women's
media coverage. The findings illustrate that the press has used a
variety of discursive strategies to delegitimize the candidacies of
women politicians throughout history, which might have contributed
to negative voter attitudes toward women in politics. Gendered
stereotypes, gendered news frames, and double binds utilized in
news coverage served to protect a male-dominated status quo. Yet a
significant finding in Palin's coverage indicates that gender bias
in news coverage is increasingly facing criticism, suggesting the
tide may finally be turning in favor of more equalized discourse.
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