The art of tough
Subtitle: fearlessly facing politics and life
By: Barbara Boxer
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780316311465
Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate; Women legislators; United States; Political activity; Biography; Women
Description: Barbara Boxer has made her mark, combining compassionate advocacy with scrappiness in a political career spanning more than three decades. Now, retiring from the Senate, she continues the work to which she's dedicated 30 years in Congress. Her memoir shares her provocative and touching recollections of service, and cements her commitment to the fight for women, families, quality, environmental protection, all in a peaceful world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-274).
Table of contents: title: The first lesson of tough; title: Love, California, and the war that changed everything; title: At home in the House; title: An unsettling time: AIDS, sexual harassment, and the Senate; title: From an asterisk in the polls to Senator; title: Crashing the old boys' club; title: The insanity of impeachment, a stolen election, the horrors of 9/11 and Iraq; title: Unforgettable colleagues, a lonely dissent, and the best election ever; title: The crash, leaders, sexual harassment 2.0, and the sudden partisanship of the environment; title: The end and a beginning.