Biographical dictionary of congressional women
By: Karen Foerstel
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: United States; Dictionaries; United States. Congress; Women legislators; Biography
Description: "This comprehensive reference guide to women who have served in Congress provides detailed biographies of each of the 200 women who have held office on Capitol Hill over the past 80 years. Along with statistics on their congressional service, the biographies contain first-hand interviews and personal anecdotes.

An introduction outlines the history of women in Congress, the obstacles they faced early in the century as well as today, and their slow but steady rise to power within the congressional hierarchy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-294) and index.