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01812aam a2200325 4500 001 CD4E7CCE3EC611ECA274DF3657ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211106010010 008 210303s2021 xx 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780197583357 020 $a 0197583350 035 $a (OCoLC)1240305559 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 305.42092 $2 23 100 1 $a Mattingly, Doreen J., $e author. 245 12 $a A feminist in the White House : $b Midge Costanza, the Carter years, and America's culture wars / $c Doreen J. Mattingly 264 1 $a New York : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2021 300 $a xix, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; $c 24 cm 520 $a A feminist, an outspoken activist, a woman without a college education, Midge Costanza was one of the unlikeliest of White House insiders. Yet in 1977 she became the first female Assistant to the President for Public Liaison under Jimmy Carter, emerging as a prominent focal point of the American culture wars. Tasked with bringing the views of special interest groups to the president, Costanza championed progressive causes even as Americans grew increasingly divided on the very issues for which she fought. 600 10 $a Costanza, Midge, $d 1932-2010. 600 10 $a Carter, Jimmy, $d 1924- $x Friends and associates. 650 0 $a Feminists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Political consultants $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Sex role $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1977-1981. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 1960-1980. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211106010046.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CD4E7CCE3EC611ECA274DF3657ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search