Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-127) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A guide to power symbols -- Biographies. Bella Abzug -- Abigail Adams -- Madeleine Albright -- Tammy Baldwin -- Mary Mcleod Baldwin -- Hattie Wyatt Caraway -- Soledad Chavez Chacon -- Shirley Chisholm -- Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Elizabeth Dole -- Tammy Duckworth -- Crystal Bird Fauset -- Dianne Feinstein -- Geraldine Ferraro -- Betty Ford -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Ella T. Grasso -- Nikki Haley -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Kamala Harris -- Patricia Roberts Harris -- Carla Hayden -- Mazie Hirono -- Diane Humetewa -- Kay Bailey Hutchison -- Barbara Jordan -- Clare Booth Luce -- Wilma Mankiller -- Susana Martinez -- Pasty Takemoto Mink -- Carol Moseley Braun -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -- Sandra Day O'Connor -- Nancy Pelosi -- Frances Perkins -- Jennette Rankin -- Condoleezza Rice -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen -- Nellie Tayloe Ross -- Susanna Madora Salter -- Lottie Shackleford -- Margaret Chase Smith -- Sonia Sotomayor -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Mary Church Terrell -- Elizabeth Warren -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- Edith Wilson -- Victoria Woodhull.-- How to stand up, speak out, and make a difference : a take-action guide -- More leaders to discover.
Summary, etc.:
"In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics -- and inspire readers to make a difference. With foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton."--Amazon.