Title: Biographical dictionary of congressional women
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.
Subjects: Dictionaries, Women legislators, United States, United States. Congress, Biography, USA, Biografie, Weibliche Abgeordnete, Nachschlagewerk, Frau, USA Congress, Women, political activity, United states, congress, biography
Places: United States