Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-258) and index.
Contents:
Can women enter the "big tents?" National party structures and presidential nominations / Melissa Haussman. Breaking the final glass ceiling : when (not if) a woman becomes president / Max J. Skidmore -- Paving the way : the work of the women's movement / Anne N. Costain -- Changing the climate of expectations / Erika Falk and Kathleen Hall Jamieson -- Profile : Shirley Chisholm, blazing trails / Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon -- Can women enter the "big tents?" National party structures and presidential nominations / Melissa Haussman. Is the United States ready for a woman president? Is the Pope protestant? / Carole Kennedy. On the way to the White House : communication strategies for women candidates / Dianne Bystrom -- Public discourse and female presidential candidates / Carol Lynn Bower -- Profile : Pat Schroeder and the campaign that wasn't / Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon -- The lipstick watch : media coverage, gender, and presidential campaigns / Diane J. Heith -- Is the United States ready for a woman president? Is the Pope protestant? / Carole Kennedy. Profile : Elizabeth Dole, executive leadership / Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon. Profile : Geraldine Ferraro, media coverage of history in the making / Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon -- Presidential leadership : governance from a woman's perspective / Lori Cox Han -- A female leader for the free world : the first woman president and U.S. foreign policy / Tom Lansford -- Confronting the myths : the first woman president and national security / John Davis -- Profile : Elizabeth Dole, executive leadership / Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon.
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