From suffrage to the Senate
Subtitle: an encyclopedia of American women in politics
By: Suzanne O'Dea Schenken ; foreword by Ann W. Richards.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Santa Barbara
Language: eng
Number of pages: 922
Subjects: Women in politics -- United States -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: This book is a comprehensive compendium of biographies of leading women in U.S. politics, past and present, and an examination of the wide range of women's movements. With this illustrated reference work, you can explore American women's path to political power and social equality from the struggle for the right to vote and the abolition of slavery to the first African American woman in the U.S. Senate and beyond. With an emphasis on modern pioneers from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds such as Madeleine Albright, Linda Chavez-Thompson, Shirley Chisholm, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Winona LaDuke, and Patsy Mink, From suffrage to the Senate covers the individuals, organizations, movements, publications, milestones, legislative victories, and court cases that have changed the face of American politics. This book also traces the political heritage of the abolition, labor, suffrage, temperance, and reproductive rights movements.
Notes: Errata slip inserted for vol. 1, page 371.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-M; title: v. 2. N-Z.