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Women in Congress, 1917-2006, prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, by the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

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Women in Congress, 1917-2006, prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, by the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

resource.governmentPublication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women in Congress, 1917-2006

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71427081

Responsibility statement

prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, by the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

Series statement

United States congressional serial set, serial no. 14903House document, 108-223

Summary

Contains profiles, contextual essays, historical images, and appendices that provide information about the 229 women who have served in Congress from 1917 through 2006

Table Of Contents

Introduction. -- pt. I: Former women members. "I'm no lady, I'm a member of Congress": women pioneers on Capitol Hill, 1917-1934 ; Onto the national stage: Congresswomen in an age of crises, 1935-1954 ; A changing of the guard: traditionalists, feminists, and the new face of women in Congress, 1955-1976 ; Assembling, amplifying, and ascending: recent trends among women in Congress, 1977-2006. -- pt. II: Current women members. -- Appendices

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