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Nancy Pelosi A Biography
Elaine S. Povich
ISBN: 0-313-34570-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34570-8
184 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/2008
List Price: $35.00 (UK Sterling Price: £24.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Greenwood Biographies
Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
About the Author: 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.
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