Woman of the house : the rise of Nancy Pelosi / Vincent Bzdek.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008Description: 264 p. 24 cmISBN:- 9780230603196
- E 840.8.P37 .B999 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-260) and index.
The family vocation -- The social gospel -- Pelosi's family values -- Back in the game -- A voice that will be heard -- The boys' club -- The glass ceiling -- Chocolate and the gavel -- The marble ceiling -- Inauguration Day -- The hundred hours -- The war over the war -- Epilogue: Woman of the house.
A portrait of the first woman Speaker of the House chronicles Nancy Pelosi's rise to political power, her role as a vocal opponent of the Iraq War, the legislative efforts she has spearheaded successfully, and her future in American politics.
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