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02827aam a2200397 i 4500 001 C1EE1392C19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240202013317 008 230320s2023 miu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780472056347 020 $a 0472056344 020 $a 0472076345 020 $a 9780472076345 035 $a (OCoLC)1372548724 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 4 $a HQ1236 H38 2023 100 1 $a Haussman, Melissa, $d 1959- $e author. 245 10 $a Walking the gendered tightrope : $b Theresa May and Nancy Pelosi as legislative leaders / $c Melissa Haussman and Karen M. Kedrowski. 264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b University of Michigan Press, $c 2023. 300 $a x, 273 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a CAWP series in gender and American politics 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 500 $a Open access version available. 520 3 $a Walking a Gendered Tightrope analyzes the gendered expectations for women in high offices through the examples of British Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Even at their highest positions, and while completing their greatest achievements, both May and Pelosi faced gendered critiques and intraparty challenges to their leadership. While other books have analyzed the barriers to higher office that women face, this book reveals how women in positions of power are still forced to balance feminine stereotypes with the perception of power as masculine in order to prove their legitimacy. By examining intraparty dynamics, this book offers a unique comparison between a majoritarian presidential and Westminster parliamentary system. While their parties promoted Pelosi and May to highlight their progressive values, both women faced continually gendered critiques about their abilities to lead their caucuses on difficult policy issues, such as the Affordable Care Act and two Trump impeachment votes for Nancy Pelosi, or finishing Brexit for Theresa May. Grounded in the legislative literature from the United States and Britain, as well as historical accounts and personal interviews, Walking a Gendered Tightrope contributes to the fields of gender and politics, legislative studies, American politics, and British politics. 600 10 $a May, Theresa, $d 1956- 600 10 $a Pelosi, Nancy, $d 1940- 650 0 $a Women legislators $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Women legislators $z United States. 650 0 $a Women $x Political activity $v Cross-cultural studies. 700 1 $a Kedrowski, Karen M., $e author. 830 0 $a CAWP series in gender and American politics. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305043829.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1EE1392C19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search