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Informationen zum Autor Elaine S. Povich is a freelance journalist and veteran Washington correspondent who has reported for Newsday and the Chicago Tribune , among other newspapers, and written feature articles for many magazines and journals, including Kiplinger's Retirement Report , the AARP Bulletin , and Fortune Small Business . The author of Partners and Adversaries: The Contentious Connection between Congress and the Media (1996), she is a member of the Gridiron Club and past president of the Washington Press Club Foundation. Klappentext As Madam Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has broken new ground for women in American politics and has become a notable role model for young women. Yet hers has hardly been a Cinderella career. Pelosi was virtually born into politics, and her series of firsts-first female minority whip in the U.S. House; first female minority leader; and, finally, first female Speaker-was preceded by three decades of service as a political organizer, candidate, and U.S. representative. All along she balanced her political career with her role as a wife and the mother of five children. In this book a distinguished Washington journalist traces Pelosi's classic rise through the political ranks, culminating in her historic elevation to the Speaker's chair-and explains how Pelosi's career and legislative priorities have been shaped by her gender. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Series Foreword Introduction Timeline: Events in the Life of Nancy Pelosi Chapter 1 Baltimore Beginnings Chapter 2 College and Marriage Chapter 3 Children and Volunteering Chapter 4 Running for Office Chapter 5 Rookie Representative Chapter 6 Earthquake! Chapter 7 The Presidio Chapter 8 Tiananmen Square Chapter 9 AIDS Chapter 10 Fundraiser Chapter 11 Keeping Secrets Chapter 12 The Whip Race Chapter 13 Minority Leader Chapter 14 Breaking the Marble Ceiling Chapter 15 The Iraq War Chapter 16 Speaker of the House Chapter 17 Pelosis Power Selected Bibliography Appendix I Women in the U.S. House of Representatives Appendix II Speakers of the House Appendix III Nancy Pelosis First Speech as Speaker of the House of Representatives Appendix IV An Interview with Nancy Pelosi (January 2007) About the Author ...
