Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-557).
Contents:
Introduction: The assignment -- The "audacity" of Joe Biden: Chosen, but not elected (November 2020) -- Kamala Harris and the sparkly jacket: Authenticity (February 2019) -- Memorial Day weekend: Campaigning while female (May 2019) -- Kamala Harris: the rules of engagement (June 2019) -- One night in Washington Square Park: Using history to make Herstory (September 2019) -- Who we take seriously: The qualification question (November 2019) -- Can a woman win? The electability questions (January 2020) -- New Hampshire: Reckoning with the Inevitable (February 2020) -- Nevada: Going down swinging (February 2020) -- And then there were none: Opportunity, lost. Again (March 2020) -- "It's just time": Female VP candidates and the mystical gender gap (Spring 2020) -- "Just not that woman": What Hillary learned (September 2020) -- Madam Vice President: How Kamala navigates being first (January 2021) -- "I'd love to see it in my lifetime" (March 2022).
Summary:
"This book is about the presidency and the woman who - whoever she is! - will eventually hold the title Madame President and occupy the Oval Office. It's about the road that female candidates have traveled with the goal of getting there. It's a story about me - a woman who got to see, up close, more of them strive for the Oval Office at one time than ever before and who innately understood the invisible forces that, oftentimes, worked against them. It's that experience of covering all the women leaving the race that spurred conversations about, well, the need for a book like this one."--Provided by publisher.
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