Bushwomen
Subtitle: tales of a cynical species
By: Laura Flanders
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781859845875
Subjects: Politics and government; Women cabinet officers; Women politicians; Friends and associates; Conservatism; Biography; Anti-feminism; Political activity; Women
Description: "The Bushwomen - the women appointed to the inner circle of the president's cabinet and sub-cabinet - are cast in the public mind as moderate, malleable, maverick, irrelevant or benign. Their carefully crafted images tap into stereotypes, while the reality of their records has remained out of sight ... until now." "This is the first book to investigate Bush's women, and to report on how they rose to power and what they've done. Find out why Chevron named a tanker after National security Advisor Condoleezza Rice; how financial ties to big tobacco corporations got Secretary of the Interior Gale Ann Norton dubbed "The Woman from Marlboro Country", how Labor Secretary Elaine Chao bullied union longshoreworkers to benefit her trading-with-China family and friends, read excerpts of Lynne Cheney's lesbian novel; and discover how Karen Hughes got her first job thanks to the National Organization for Women."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Winning women; title: Sweetness and light: Condoleezza Rice; title: Cover girl: Karen Hughes; title: FLAVR SAVR: Ann Veneman; title: First daughter for the first son: Elaine Chao; title: Don't cry for Christie: Christine Todd Whitman; title: Marlboro woman: Gale Ann Norton; title: Conclusion: Sisters.