| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-02-28 |
| Size | | Length: | 224 pages | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 19.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
Climbing the Hill explores the history and current status of women members and staff on Capitol Hill. It traces the difficult history of women in Congress, their slow and painful path to political power and their hopes and fears of today. It presents a comprehensive analysis of women's success at the polls and within the congressional hierarchy--legislatively, politically, and socially. Through in-depth research and extensive personal interviews, the authors reveal the deep-rooted sexual divisions within the U.S. Congress and the continuing struggle of women to break into the "old boy" network. The book's comprehensive coverage is unique and up-to-date and will be of interest to scholars, students, and interested layreaders.
Industry Reviews
Karen Foerstel, a senior reporter with Congressional Quarterly, and Herbert Foerstel, head of Branch Libraries at the University of Maryland and author of Surveillance in the Stacks: The FBI's Library Awareness Program (Professional Reading, LJ 1/91), bring their researching skills and "insider" information together to trace the history of women's slow, not always steady, struggle to attain election to and power in Congress. In the second half of their book, they document with interesting anecdotal examples the difficulties Congresswomen have continually faced getting respect and recognition from their male colleagues. The final section is a fascinating report of the discrimination and harassment women experience working on personal office and congressional committee staffs. Recommended for academic, law, and public libraries with strong women's studies collections. Jill Ortner, Sch. of Information and Lib. Studies, SUNY at Buffalo
Breitman
A history of women on Capitol Hill documenting the struggle to power
beginning with Elizabeth Cady Stanton through today's Congress. The
authors dispel myths about the women elected to office, surveying
their politics, ambitions, and the particular challenges to women in
American politics. Well researched and thought provoking, the volume
both portrays the lives of women in Congress and also exposes "the
old boy network" and the legislative hierarchy.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Taylor
A history of women on Capitol Hill documenting the struggle to power beginning with Elizabeth Cady Stanton through today's Congress. The authors dispel myths about the women elected to office, surveying their politics, ambitions, and the particular challenges to women in American politics. Well researched and thought provoking, the volume both portrays the lives of women in Congress and also exposes "the old boy network" and the legislative hierarchy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Reference & Research Book News (06/01/1996)
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