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Informationen zum Autor By Jo Freeman Klappentext In We Will Be Heard, noted political scientist Jo Freeman chronicles the struggles of women in the United States for political power. Fifteen case studies of women's struggles for political influence provide the historical context for today's political events. Starting with a general overview, the three sections of the book look at different ways in which women have broken barriers, practiced politics, and promoted public policy. Zusammenfassung Chronicles the struggles of women in the United States for political power. This work features fifteen case studies of women's struggles for political influence. Starting with a general overview! it includes three sections that look at different ways in which women have broken barriers! practiced politics! and promoted public policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: The Search for Political WomanPart I: Practicing PoliticsChapter 1: The Iowa Origins of Organized Republican WomenChapter 2: "One Man, One Vote; One Woman, One Throat": Women in New York City Politics, 1890-1910Chapter 3: The Rise of Political Woman in the Election of 1912Chapter 4: All the Way for the ERA: Winning and Losing in VirginiaPart II: Breaking BarriersChapter 5: The Women Who Ran for PresidentChapter 6: Ruth Bryan Owen: Florida's First CongresswomanChapter 7: Marion Martin of Maine: A Mother of Republican WomenChapter 8: Gender Gaps in Presidential ElectionsChapter 9: Feminism and Antifeminism in the Republican and Democratic PartiesChapter 10: Gender Representation in the Democratic and Republican PartiesPart III: Promoting PolicyChapter 11: "Equality" vs. "Protection": Setting the Agenda after SuffrageChapter 12: How "Sex" Got into Title VII: Persistent Opportunism as a Maker of Public PolicyChapter 13: Congressional Passage of the Equal Rights AmendmentChapter 14: Comparable WorthEpilogue: The Long Road to Madame Speaker
