Feminist in the White House - Midge Costanza, the Carter Years, and America''s Culture Wars

Zusatztext Mattingly has resurrected an important figure in women's history and widened our view of feminists in politics. She has provided hundreds of stories and anecdotes that reveal Costanza's personality and behavior. Read A Feminist in the White House to learn about an extraordinary woman who witnessed the growth of the culture wars and the religious right from inside a presidential administration. Informationen zum Autor Doreen J. Mattingly is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at San Diego State University. Klappentext Midge Costanza was one of the unlikeliest of White House insiders. But for a time during the seventies, this "loud-mouthed, pushy little broad" with no college education was a prominent focal point of the American culture wars. Zusammenfassung Midge Costanza was one of the unlikeliest of White House insiders. But for a time during the seventies, this "loud-mouthed, pushy little broad" with no college education was a prominent focal point of the American culture wars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Making It in a Man's World Chapter 3: Vice Mayor of Rochester Chapter 4: Sex, Power and the Campaign to Elect Jimmy Carter Chapter 5: Window to the Nation: Midge Costanza Opens Up the White House Chapter 6: Abortion, Controversy, and the Limits of Loyalty Chapter 7: International Women's Year and the Battle to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment Chapter 8: "It Isn't Enough ": Fighting for Feminist Policy Chapter 9: The Decline and Fall of Midge Costanza Chapter 10: It Never Rains in California

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• Authors: Doreen Mattingly, Doreen (Associate Professor of Women''s Mattingly, Doreen (Associate Professor of Women's Studies Mattingly, Doreen J Mattingly, Doreen J. Mattingly, Doreen J. (Associate Professor of Women's Studies Mattingly
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2016
• EAN: 9780190468606
• ISBN: 978-0-19-046860-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education