The Art of Tough - Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life

Barbara Boxer has made her mark, combining compassionate advocacy with scrappiness in a political career spanning more than three decades. Now, retiring from the Senate, she continues the work to which she's dedicated 30 years in Congress. Her memoir shares her provocative and touching recollections of service, and cements her commitment to the fight for women, families, quality, environmental protection, all in a peaceful world.

About the author

Barbara Levy Boxer is the junior United States Senator from California, serving since 1993. A lifelong Democrat, she previously served in the House of Representatives for ten years, from 1983 to 1993. Married for more than fifty years, she lives in California, where she raised two children and has four grandchildren.

Summary

Hailed by feminist and activist Gloria Steinem as a book that will change the mind of "anyone who thinks that Washington can't be understood, has no great hearts, and is not crucial to our daily lives,"

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Boxer, Boxer Barbara
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.2017
• EAN: 9780316311472
• ISBN: 978-0-316-31147-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 207 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 270 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political leaders & leadership, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)