Plenty ladylike
By: Claire McCaskill, with Terry Ganey
Contributors: Ganey, Terry, author
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781476756752
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Legislators; Anecdotes; United States. Congress. Senate; Women politicians; Auditors; United States; Social conditions; Biography; Women
Description: Missouri's first woman senator recounts her coming-of-age in a political family at a time when women were held back from their ambitions, describing her failed first marriage, her unconventional choices in office and her relationships with fellow politicians. --Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Blonde ambition; title: Bill and Betty; title: A house hazing; title: Madame prosecutor; title: A statewide office; title: Reaching for a dream; title: "Go for it."; title: Call me Claire; title: Boondoggles; title: Dark money; title: Operation Dog Whistle; title: The magic uterus; title: Divine intervention; title: A new civility; title: "A vastly underreported offense."; title: Redefining ladylike.