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Service above Self : Women Veterans in American Politics /

"The year 1992 was dubbed the "Year of the Woman," but twenty-six years later there was a second year of the woman. In 2018, Americans elected a record-breaking four women as senators and 24 women as representatives to Congress. What received less media attention is the fact that the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cornelius Smith, Erika (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Service above self
  • The "first" service above self candidates
  • The "badasses" of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Lt. Colonel Duckworth goes to Washington
  • Mother, soldier, conservative : Senator Joni Ernst
  • Martha McSally, the "longshot" candidate
  • Tulsi Gabbard and the "true cost of war"
  • Conclusion: digging the well.