Junctures in Women's Leadership: Politics

Julie Des Jardins is a historian of American women and gender. She is the author of American Queenmaker: How Missy Meloney Brought Women into Politics, Walter Camp: Football and the Modern Man, Lillian Gilbreth: Redefining Domesticity, The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science, and Women and the Historical Enterprise in America: Gender, Race, and the Politics of Memory.

• Foreword to the SeriesNew Foreword to the SeriesPrefaceChapter 1: Mary Church TerrellAlison M. Parker Chapter 2: Missy MeloneyJulie Des Jardins Chapter 3: Jeannette RankinBonnie J. Morris Chapter 4: Margaret Chase SmithAnna Mitchell Mahoney Chapter 5: Shirley ChisholmBarbara WinslowChapter 6: Nancy PelosiRebecca Kuperberg Chapter 7: Deb HaalandHeather James Chapter 8: Kamala HarrisAnja Vojvodić and Sarah Hayes Chapter 9: Tammy DuckworthMichelle IrvingChapter 10: Stacy AbramsAmy BennerChapter 11: Liuba Gretchen ShirleyMaria WilsonChapter 12: Alexandria Ocasio-CortezCatherine N. Wineinger Notes on ContributorsIndex

"This anthology is a terrific read, with essays on a diverse group of influential women political activists from different eras and areas of the nation, all unfailingly interesting. In every case they faced long-standing biases against women in politics, maneuvering through challenges with skill, ingenuity, and determination. It is a great book for readers eager to learn about women in American politics. Those with political aspirations will find it instructive as well as inspirational." - Marjorie Spruill, author of Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American