Woman of the house
Subtitle: the rise of Nancy Pelosi
By: Vincent Bzdek.
Edition: 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780230610989
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Pelosi, Nancy, -- 1940-; United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Speakers -- Biography; Women legislators -- United States -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: This portrait of the first woman Speaker of the House chronicles Nancy Pelosi's rise to political power, her role as a vocal opponent of the Iraq War, the legislative efforts she has spearheaded successfully, and her future in American politics.
Notes: "First published in hardcover in 2008 by Palgrave Macmillan in the US"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: The family vocation; title: The social gospel; title: Pelosi's family values; title: Back in the game; title: A voice that will be heard; title: The boys' club; title: The glass ceiling; title: Chocolate and the gavel; title: The marble ceiling; title: Inauguration Day; title: The hundred hours; title: The war over the war; title: Epilogue: Woman of the house.