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"A lively, behind-the-scenes look at the historic cohort of diverse, young, and groundbreaking women newly elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 as they arrive in Washington, DC, and start working for change, written by a news reporter with sharp insight and deep knowledge of the Hill"--

Una habitación propia se estableció desde su publicación como uno de los libros fundamentales del feminismo. Basado en dos conferencias pronunciadas por Virginia Woolf en colleges para mujeres y ampliado luego por la autora, el texto es un testamento visionario, donde tópicos característicos del feminismo por casi un siglo (las conferencias fueron dadas en 1928 y el libro fue publicado un año después) son expuestos con claridad tal vez por...

Red Is the New Black challenges the assumption that the Democratic Party is a girl's best friend. Red Is the New Black takes an in depth look at the major policy issues affecting all of us to unveil the core values that best empower today's women. It turns out that if we focus on values instead of arguing over ideas, there's a whole lot of common ground upon which women of all viewpoints can agree. Entrepreneur, media commentator, and former White...

Ladies Day at the Capitol integrates for the first time the history of New York's women lawmakers with the larger story of New York State politics. Through extensive research and interviews, author Lauren Kozakiewicz documents New York women's actions as elected officials between 1919 and 1992 and explores how gendered ideas affected their careers and ability to represent women's voices in government. Ladies Day at the Capitol offers a general framework...

Una habitación propia se estableció desde su publicación como uno de los libros fundamentales del feminismo. Basado en dos conferencias pronunciadas por Virginia Woolf en colleges para mujeres y ampliado luego por la autora, el texto es un testamento visionario, donde tópicos característicos del feminismo por casi un siglo (las conferencias fueron dadas en 1928 y el libro fue publicado un año después) son expuestos con claridad tal vez por...

About #2020: The Bell Curve & The Metaphor... The crack in the Liberty Bell has become symbolic with the existing problems, occurring in American Politics. Politicians are baiting Americans against each other so they can remain in power. We must draw attention to the voting loopholes currently existing in our system while using them to our advantage until we close them. Sometimes, people need a dose of their own medicine. Some of the chapters are...

From Africa to Asia to the Americas, women are the key to progress on ending poverty, violence, and conflict. Award-winning humanitarian and journalist Sally Armstrong shows us why empowering women and girls is the way forward, and she introduces us to the leading females who are making change happen, from Nobel Prize winners to little girls suing from justice. Uprising tells dramatic and empowering stories of change-makers and examines the stunning...

Lady Thatcher, a unique figure in global politics, shares her views about the dangers and opportunities of the new millennium. Lady Thatcher's previous books on her political career have been bestsellers, The Downing Street Years went to No.1. She is a unique world figure and this book, containing her views about the dangers and opportunities of the new millennium, will attract great interest both in Britain and around the world.

The Lyin Kings. The Wannabe World Rulers. Two people, a man and a woman who fought for power in 2008, may once again do battle in 2016. This time, will it be up to the Illuminati, the gay world, the Illegals, FEMA, or the Militia that will decides who wins or loses. Hillary Clinton, a confessed Socialist, and Barack Obama, a practicing Socialist, both want to lead the world, not our country; both want to destroy our Constitution and Declaration of...

Leslie Sanchez, strategist, writer and political seer, spent much of 2008 as an analyst on CNN, examining, investigating and deciphering the historic moment for women and politics that was the presidential election. And, what she sees in the future is a landscape changed drastically for women the world over and their expectations. In You've Come a Long Way, Maybe, she debunks the cultural and political myths surrounding women, and looks at the wide...