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Author:

Morin, Isobel V., 1928-

Title:

Women of the U.S. Congress / Isobel V. Morin.

Publisher:

Oliver Press,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women legislators--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Legislators--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
United States.--Congress--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women legislators.
Legislators.
United States.--Congress--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-153) and index.

Contents:

Jeannette Rankin : a woman's place is in the House -- Margaret Chase Smith : a woman's place is in the House and in the Senate -- Helen Gahagan Douglas : a voice for democracy -- Shirley Chisholm : a political maverick -- Barbara Jordan : the gentlelady from Texas -- Nancy Landon Kassebaum : a quiet Kansan -- Barbara Mikulski : a brawler from Baltimore -- The year of the woman : 1992.

Summary:

Describes the lives and political careers of eleven women who have served in the Congress: Jeannette Rankin, Margaret Chase Smith, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Barbara Mikulski, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, and Carol Moseley Braun.

Series:

Profiles

ISBN:

9781881508120
1881508129

LCCN:

93026068

Locations:

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

JOPA334 -- Waucoma Public Library (Waucoma)