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As a politician, what you say and how you say it is almost as
important as what you do. Political careers are made based not only
on substantive achievements, but also on style, presentation,
speeches, and debates. Dole's is no exception. After a career in
government service spanning six presidents, from Lyndon B. Johnson
to George H. W. Bush, she became widely recognized as a leading
Republican politician in her own right after her 1996 speech at the
GOP convention. In 1999 she spent six months campaigning for
president before dropping out of the race due to a lack of adequate
funds, and in 2002 she was elected U.S. Senator from North
Carolina. In this biography of Dole, the authors show how she has
been able to advance the causes she cares about, as well as her
political career, through her consummate skills as a public
speaker. Dole's career included service in two cabinets, as
Secretary of Transportation (Reagan) and Secretary of Labor (Bush),
and she also served as president of the American Red Cross. The
authors quote liberally from her speeches and interviews to
illustrate the events of her political career and to place her
choices--personal, career, and political--in the context of the
times and places in which she grew up and came of age. Her
trajectory--from Southern belle debutante to Harvard Law School
student and from political wife to presidential candidate and U.S.
senator--is fascinating, and the deftness with which she has been
able to deflect the criticisms thrown her way is instructive for
women of both political parties and for politicians of both
genders.
Electing Madam Vice President presents the presidential bids of the
six women who ran for the Democratic nomination for President of
the United States in 2020 and the historic, groundbreaking
vice-presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris. When Vice President
Kamala Harris and her family moved into Number One Observatory
Circle, the official Vice Presidential residence of the United
States, she claimed a title no other women in the United States
ever had: Vice President. She is closer to the United States
presidency than any woman in history. Yet, she has repeated often
that she is standing on the shoulders of women who have come before
her to try to break down barriers, including the United States
Presidency. Often left off the history pages, and out of many
Americans' minds, are the bids of women who run for president. The
2020 Democratic primary included the most women ever to run in one
election. This book demonstrates the progress women candidates have
made as they have moved from symbolic to viable candidates and
shines a light on the diminishing obstacles that face women
candidates while taking readers on a journey through the victorious
progress of a woman United States Vice President.
When Women Run Women Win presents the presidential bids of the six
women who ran for the Democratic nomination for President of the
United States in 2020 and the historic, groundbreaking
vice-presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris. When Vice President
Kamala Harris and her family moved into Number One Observatory
Circle, the official Vice Presidential residence of the United
States, she claimed a title no other women in the United States
ever had: Vice President. She is closer to the United States
presidency than any woman in history. Yet, she has repeated often
that she is standing on the shoulders of women who have come before
her to try to break down barriers, including the United States
Presidency. Often left off the history pages, and out of many
Americans' minds, are the bids of women who run for president. The
2020 Democratic primary included the most women ever to run in one
election. This book demonstrates the progress women candidates have
made as they have moved from symbolic to viable candidates and
shines a light on the diminishing obstacles that face women
candidates while taking readers on a journey through the victorious
progress of a woman United States Vice President.
Women of the 2016 Election is an examination of women who played
prominent roles in the 2016 US presidential election. The
collection focuses on women from different parties, races,
religions, and immigrant statuses who fulfill roles as candidates,
staffers, first families, journalists, and grassroots organizers.
The contributors to this collection give a unique view into women's
influences on an unprecedented election. They examine the roles of
feminism, morality, motherhood, expectations of voters, the press,
masculinity, femininity, race, class, and agency in this
interdisciplinary work, which spans the fields of political
science, feminist theory, communication, and women's and gender
studies. This is the election that gave rise to the Trump
presidency and the #MeToo movement, and the women considered here
have left trails and revealed how far there is yet to go for women
achieving power in the highest echelons of American politics,
media, and society.
When Madam President moves into the Oval Office of the White House,
she will share a path that several women have helped to pave. Often
left off the history pages-and out of the minds of many
Americans-are the presidential bids of several women: Margaret
Chase Smith, 1964; Shirley Chisholm, 1972; Patricia Schroeder,1988;
Elizabeth Dole, 2000; Carol Moseley Braun 2004; and Hillary
Clinton, 2008/ 2016. Still Paving the Way for Madam President shows
the progress women candidates have made as they have moved from
symbolic candidates to viable candidates and in 2016, the
Democratic nominee. This study shines a light on the persistent
obstacles that face women candidates and offers insight into what
it will take to finally shatter the seemingly impenetrable
political glass ceiling.
This edited collection examines women's roles in the academy.
Statistics show that women outnumber men in most universities and
that women's pay still lags behind men's, but the numbers only hint
at the broader story. This edited collection fills that gap with
the stories of twelve women-from part-time faculty to college
presidents-who answer key questions such as why they pursued a
career in the academy and how they handled childcare issues and
sexism in the workplace. Advice, encouragement, and caution are
offered to guide those considering a career in the academy and
those already in academe who are wondering about their options.
This book is recommended for burgeoning female scholars and for
established scholars of any gender in women's studies, gender
studies, higher education, and communication studies.
The Supreme Court is one of the most traditional institutions in
America that has been an exclusively male domain for almost two
hundred years. From 1981 to 2010, four women were appointed to the
Supreme Court for the first time in U.S. history. The Rhetoric of
Supreme Court Women: From Obstacles to Options, by Nichola D.
Gutgold, analyzes the rhetoric of the first four women elected to
the Supreme Court: Sandra Day O, Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia
Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. Gutgold, s thorough exploration of
these pioneering women, s rhetorical strategies includes
confirmation hearings, primary scripts of their written opinions,
invited public lectures, speeches, and personal interviews with
Justices O, Connor, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor. These illuminating
documents and interviews form rhetorical biographies of the first
four women of the Supreme Court, shedding new light on the rise of
political women in the American judiciary and the efficacy of their
rhetoric in a historically male-dominated political system.
Gutgold, s The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Women provides valuable
insight into political communication and the changing gender
zeitgeist in American poli
The Supreme Court is one of the most traditional institutions in
America that has been an exclusively male domain for almost two
hundred years. From 1981 to 2010, four women were appointed to the
Supreme Court for the first time in U.S. history. The Rhetoric of
Supreme Court Women: From Obstacles to Options, by Nichola D.
Gutgold, analyzes the rhetoric of the first four women elected to
the Supreme Court: Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia
Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. Gutgold's thorough exploration of these
pioneering women's rhetorical strategies includes confirmation
hearings, primary scripts of their written opinions, invited public
lectures, speeches, and personal interviews with Justices O'Connor,
Ginsburg, and Sotomayor. These illuminating documents and
interviews form rhetorical biographies of the first four women of
the Supreme Court, shedding new light on the rise of political
women in the American judiciary and the efficacy of their rhetoric
in a historically male-dominated political system. Gutgold's The
Rhetoric of Supreme Court Women provides valuable insight into
political communication and the changing gender zeitgeist in
American politics.
In Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and
the Barriers They Faced, Theodore F. Sheckels, Nichola D. Gutgold,
and Diana Bartelli Carlin invite the audience to consider women
qualified enough to be president and explores reasons why they have
been dismissed as presidential contenders. This analysis profiles
key presidential contenders including Barbara Mikulski, Nancy
Pelosi, Nancy Kassebaum, Kathleen Sebelius, Christine Gregoire,
Linda Lingle, Elizabeth Dole, Dianne Feinstein, and Olympia Snowe.
Gender barriers, media coverage, communication style, geography,
and other factors are examined to determine why these seemingly
qualified, powerful politicos failed to win the White House.
All around the world women are presidents and prime ministers, yet
in America, we have yet to elect the first woman president. When
Barack Obama accepted the nomination as the Democratic candidate
for president in 2008, the media were quick to point out that
Hillary Clinton lost. Yet Clinton won almost 18 million votes and
was the first front- runner woman candidate. Almost Madam
President: Why Hillary Clinton 'Won' in 2008 argues that Hillary
Clinton gained more than she lost in her bid for the presidency.
This book takes the reader on a rhetorical journey through Hillary
Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, focusing on Clinton's
sophisticated "You Tube" style announcement speech, the debates,
and the many notable stump speeches and media events on the
campaign trail. Along the way Gutgold examines the obstacles and
opportunities of women as presidential candidates.
All around the world women are presidents and prime ministers, yet
in America, we have yet to elect the first woman president. When
Barack Obama accepted the nomination as the Democratic candidate
for president in 2008, the media were quick to point out that
Hillary Clinton lost. Yet Clinton won almost 18 million votes and
was the first front- runner woman candidate. Almost Madam
President: Why Hillary Clinton 'Won' in 2008 argues that Hillary
Clinton gained more than she lost in her bid for the presidency.
This book takes the reader on a rhetorical journey through Hillary
Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, focusing on Clinton's
sophisticated 'You Tube' style announcement speech, the debates,
and the many notable stump speeches and media events on the
campaign trail. Along the way Gutgold examines the obstacles and
opportunities of women as presidential candidates.
This book investigates the autobiographical writings of Barbara
Jordan, Patricia Schroeder, Geraldine Ferraro, Elizabeth Dole,
Wilma Mankiller, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and
Christine Todd Whitman. These eight women represent the diversity
that permeates the cultural backgrounds, life adventures, and
ideologies women bring to the political table. From differences in
race, class, and geographic location, to variations in personal and
family experiences, religious beliefs, and political ideology,
these women illustrate many of the divergent standpoints from which
women craft their lives in the United States. Each essay focuses on
the autobiographical text as political discourse and therefore, as
an appropriate site for the rhetorical construction of a personal
and civic self situated within local and national political
communities. The collection examines issues such as the
intersection between the "politicization of the private and the
personalization of the public" evident in the women's narratives;
the description of U.S. politics the women provide in their
writings; the ways in which the women's personal stories craft
arguments about their political ideologies; the strategies these
women leaders employ in navigating the gendered double-binds of
politics; and, the manner in which the women's discourse serves to
encourage, instruct, and empower future women leaders. The analyses
embody and explicate the political and rhetorical strategies these
leaders employ in their efforts to act on their convictions,
highlight the need for and reality of women's involvement in all
levels of politics, and serve as an impetus and inspiration for
scholars and activists alike.
This book investigates the autobiographical writings of Barbara
Jordan, Patricia Schroeder, Geraldine Ferraro, Elizabeth Dole,
Wilma Mankiller, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and
Christine Todd Whitman. These eight women represent the diversity
that permeates the cultural backgrounds, life adventures, and
ideologies women bring to the political table. From differences in
race, class, and geographic location, to variations in personal and
family experiences, religious beliefs, and political ideology,
these women illustrate many of the divergent standpoints from which
women craft their lives in the United States. Each essay focuses on
the autobiographical text as political discourse and therefore, as
an appropriate site for the rhetorical construction of a personal
and civic self situated within local and national political
communities. The collection examines issues such as the
intersection between the 'politicization of the private and the
personalization of the public' evident in the women's narratives;
the description of U.S. politics the women provide in their
writings; the ways in which the women's personal stories craft
arguments about their political ideologies; the strategies these
women leaders employ in navigating the gendered double-binds of
politics; and, the manner in which the women's discourse serves to
encourage, instruct, and empower future women leaders. The analyses
embody and explicate the political and rhetorical strategies these
leaders employ in their efforts to act on their convictions,
highlight the need for and reality of women's involvement in all
levels of politics, and serve as an impetus and inspiration for
scholars and activists alike.
As a messenger of television news, an anchorperson must hook the
audience and make them pay attention. In America, there has been a
strong tradition of male news anchors_Edward R. Murrow, Walter
Cronkite, Dan Rather, Peter Jennings. These men, perched at their
'electronic hearths', recounted the details of America's most
significant history to its citizens. Today, women are visible in
every area of television news, even in the hallowed anchor chair,
but their presence has been hard-fought and continues to present
unique challenges. When Oprah Winfrey edorsed the presidential
candidacy of Barack Obama, it reinforced the tremendous power a
broadcaster can wield. Seen and Heard examines the lives, careers,
and communication styles of twelve of the most compelling and
recognizable women of television news, including Christiane
Amanpour, Elizabeth Vargas, Diane Sawyer, Paula Zahn, Judy
Woodruff, and Candy Crowley. From Barbara Walters's vast career
that spans more than half a century to Katie Couric's historic
appointment as the sole anchor of the CBS Evening News, this book
explores the obstacles and opportunities for women in broadcasting.
As a messenger of television news, an anchorperson must hook the
audience and make them pay attention. In America, there has been a
strong tradition of male news anchors-Edward R. Murrow, Walter
Cronkite, Dan Rather, Peter Jennings. These men, perched at their
'electronic hearths', recounted the details of America's most
significant history to its citizens. Today, women are visible in
every area of television news, even in the hallowed anchor chair,
but their presence has been hard-fought and continues to present
unique challenges. When Oprah Winfrey edorsed the presidential
candidacy of Barack Obama, it reinforced the tremendous power a
broadcaster can wield. Seen and Heard examines the lives, careers,
and communication styles of twelve of the most compelling and
recognizable women of television news, including Christiane
Amanpour, Elizabeth Vargas, Diane Sawyer, Paula Zahn, Judy
Woodruff, and Candy Crowley. From Barbara Walters's vast career
that spans more than half a century to Katie Couric's historic
appointment as the sole anchor of the CBS Evening News, this book
explores the obstacles and opportunities for women in broadcasting.
When the first woman president moves into the White House, she will
not only be indebted to the tireless campaign workers, staff,
press, family, friends, and, of course, the voters who got her
there, but Madam President will also have her sisters to thank for
paving the way. Among these women are Margaret Chase Smith, the
stalwart Republican senator from Maine who made a bid for the
presidency in 1964; Shirley Chisholm, the fiery New York
congresswoman who described herself as 'unbought and unbossed' in
1972; Patricia Schroeder, the silvery-tongued and brilliant former
Colorado congresswoman who briefly ran in 1988; Elizabeth Dole, a
North Carolina senator who made an impressive showing as a
presidential candidate in 2000; and the articulate one-term
Illinois senator, Carol Moseley Braun, who ran in 2004. This book
chronicles the lives, communication styles, and presidential bids
of these five remarkable women while also addressing the obstacles
and opportunities for women as presidential contenders.
When the first woman president moves into the White House, she will
not only be indebted to the tireless campaign workers, staff,
press, family, friends, and, of course, the voters who got her
there, but Madam President will also have her sisters to thank for
paving the way. Among these women are Margaret Chase Smith, the
stalwart Republican senator from Maine who made a bid for the
presidency in 1964; Shirley Chisholm, the fiery New York
congresswoman who described herself as 'unbought and unbossed' in
1972; Patricia Schroeder, the silvery-tongued and brilliant former
Colorado congresswoman who briefly ran in 1988; Elizabeth Dole, a
North Carolina senator who made an impressive showing as a
presidential candidate in 2000; and the articulate one-term
Illinois senator, Carol Moseley Braun, who ran in 2004. This book
chronicles the lives, communication styles, and presidential bids
of these five remarkable women while also addressing the obstacles
and opportunities for women as presidential contenders.
Women of the 2016 Election is an examination of women who played
prominent roles in the 2016 US presidential election. The
collection focuses on women from different parties, races,
religions, and immigrant statuses who fulfill roles as candidates,
staffers, first families, journalists, and grassroots organizers.
The contributors to this collection give a unique view into women's
influences on an unprecedented election. They examine the roles of
feminism, morality, motherhood, expectations of voters, the press,
masculinity, femininity, race, class, and agency in this
interdisciplinary work, which spans the fields of political
science, feminist theory, communication, and women's and gender
studies. This is the election that gave rise to the Trump
presidency and the #MeToo movement, and the women considered here
have left trails and revealed how far there is yet to go for women
achieving power in the highest echelons of American politics,
media, and society.
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