NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT–OVERSTOCK SALE — Significantly reduced list price while supplies last Women in Congress, 1917–2006 is the most comprehensive source available on the 229 women who have served in U.S. House of Representatives and Senate—from the first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, to the new Members of the 109th Congress. The book covers the breadth of the story of congressional women:
Pioneers who broke racial barriers, such as Patsy Mink of Hawaii, the first woman of color to serve in Congress, and Shirley Chisholm of New York, the first African-American Congresswoman
Masters of institutional politics such as Mary Norton of New Jersey, Julia Hansen of Washington, and Barbara Jordan of Texas
One-term widows to such women as Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, the longest serving woman in congressional history, and Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, the first woman to serve in the House and Senate
And many others such as Ruth Hanna McCormick, an Illinois Representative and the first woman to be a U.S. Senate candidate on a major party ticket; Dixie Bibb Graves of Alabama, whose husband, the state's governor, appointed her to the U.S. Senate; and Coya Knutson of Minnesota, a U.S. Representative whose promising career was cut short when her husband sabotaged her 1958 campaign by claiming that she had neglected her familial responsibilities
Designed for students and a general audience, this book features four- to six-page biographical profiles of individual Members, drawn from primary and secondary sources and set into generational time periods. Former Member profiles are arranged chronologically and are introduced by contextual essays that explain major events in congressional and U.S. history. Profiles of the 74 women Members of the 109th Congress are covered in a separate section of the book and are arranged alphabetically. The book also includes:
Pictures of every woman who has served in Congress, including rare historical images
Bibliographies for further reading and manuscript collection references
Statistical graphs and charts
Appendices on women's committee assignments; women committee and subcommittee chairs; women in Congress by state; and minority women in Congress
A comprehensive index
Authorized by a U.S. House resolution, and researched and written by the Office of History Preservation in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Womenin Congress is the first in an official four-part series about minorities who have served in Congress. Future volumes will profile African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian-Pacific Islander Americans who have served in Congress. Related products: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 –Hardcover format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01563-9 — Paperback format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01567-1Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 — Hardcover format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-070-07519-8 — Paperback format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-070-07520-1
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT–OVERSTOCK SALE — Significantly reduced list price while supplies lastWomen in Congress, 1917–2006 is the most comprehensive source available on the 229 women who have served in U.S. House of Representatives and Senate—from the first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, to the new Members of the 109th Congress. The book covers the breadth of the story of congressional women. Profiles of the 74 women Members of the 109th Congress are covered in a separate section of the book and are arranged alphabetically. The book also includes:
Pictures of every woman who has served in Congress, including rare historical images
Bibliographies for further reading and manuscript collection references
Statistical graphs and charts
Appendices on women's committee assignments; women committee and subcommittee chairs; women in Congress by state; and minority women in Congress
Senior Women web Culture and Arts Review by Jo Freeman Excerpted from the review at http://www.seniorwomen.com/ca/cw/07/cult041907.html "Women In Congress 1917-2006 is an impressive book . . . . There are many stories in this book, both individual and collective. … Even the appendices disclose intriguing tidbits . . . This is not a bedtime reading or a beach book, but it is more than a research volume. Elegantly designed and modestly priced for a book this big, it’s also a suitable graduation present for an ambitious young woman. Getting it might giver her a few ideas about what she can aspire to."
Library Journal 7/15/2007 issue Women in Congress, 1917–2006. 2d ed. Joint Committee on Printing. 2007. c.1015p. ed. by Matthew Wasniewski. ISBN 978-0-160-76753-1. $59. REF
Wasniewski (House Office of History & Preservation) has compiled the first comprehensive guide to the 229 women who have served in the U.S. congressional system, from the pre-suffrage era (e.g., Jeannette Rankin of Montana) to the present day. In the segment highlighting former congressional members, striking, full-page sepia-toned photographs precede profiles averaging three to six pages. Each entry is concluded by further reading titles, references to pertinent manuscript collections, and abundant primary-source material. Part 2 offers one-page alphabetical profiles of current members, while an appendix provides condensed entries on 74 first-year 109th congressional members. Meticulously researched and extremely well organized; highly recommended for political science and women’s studies collections.—Savannah Schroll Guz, formerly with Smithsonian Inst. Libs., Washington, DC
Review from Goodreads: Anna Ruth rated this with 5 stars and had this to say, "Great reference book! I love to flip through it and read about such remarkable women!"
Matt Wasniewski is historian and publications manager in the Office of History & Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Matt earned his Ph.D. in U.S. history from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2004—writing a dissertation on the newspaper columnist Walter Lippmann and his criticisms of U.S. Cold War policy. Before joining the Office of History & Preservation, he was the associate historian and communications director at the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. He also has worked as a sports writer and editor for a northern Virginia weekly newspaper. This resource is authorized by a U.S. House resoultion, and researched and written by the Office of History Preservation in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Women in Congress is the first in an official four-part series about minorities who have served in Congress. Future volumes will profile African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asina-Pacific Islander Americans who have served in Congress.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION 1
PART I: FORMER WOMEN MEMBERS
Chapter I: “I’m No Lady, I’m a Member of Congress”:
Women Pioneers on Capitol Hill, 1917–1934………………………………………………………………….. 18
Chapter II: Onto the National Stage: Congresswomen
in an Age of Crises, 1935–1954…………………………………………………………………………………….. 136
Chapter III: A Changing of the Guard: Traditionalists,
Feminists, and the New Face of Women in Congress, 1955 –1976……………………………………. 324
Chapter IV: Assembling, Amplifying, and Ascending:
Recent Trends Among Women in Congress, 1977–2006…………………………………………………. 542
PART II: CURRENT WOMEN MEMBERS……………………………………………………………………. 779
