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Red Is the New Black challenges the assumption that the Democratic Party is a girl's best friend. Red Is the New Black takes an in depth look at the major policy issues affecting all of us to unveil the core values that best empower today's women. It turns out that if we focus on values instead of arguing over ideas, there's a whole lot of common ground upon which women of all viewpoints can agree. Entrepreneur, media commentator, and former White...
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Get the Summary of Christopher C. Gorham's The Confidante in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Anna Rosenberg's life is a testament to the power of political engagement and the impact of a single individual on American history. Born in Budapest, she moved to New York City with her family after her father's business failed. Embracing her new American identity, Anna became a high school suffragist and U.S. citizen,...
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I love watching Fox News, NCIS, Rush Limbaugh, and cops. I receive lots of junk mail. I picked this title because we need a good woman for president, not Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren. I thought it would be nice to have a Madam President for the people, not against the people, with a strong mind, is intelligent, and has a great sense of humor as displayed in the book. Denise James fits all categories. She knows when to be strong, willing to...
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La utilización privada de los recursos públicos mengua los derechos básicos ciudadanos y afecta los derechos de las mujeres de manera diferenciada. La corrupción debilita el capital humano de las mujeres cuando diezma los servicios públicos en salud o educación, contribuye a la exclusión social e incrementa la discriminación de género al reforzar prejuicios e inequidades.
Este libro aporta las experiencias e investigaciones llevadas a cabo...
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Women are both naturally suited for and extremely effective in politics. It is second nature for them to cooperate, include all voices, and discover all sides of an issue. This is exactly what a good politician does, and is necessary for good government at any level from local to national. Recognizing that, this book asks women to look at themselves, maybe for the first time, through the leadership lens. Rodriguez and Richards are confident that when...
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This book, Beyond Interviews: Exploring Changes in Women's Lives and Politics (1970-2008), examines the life trajectories and social and political views and behaviors of a diverse group of thirteen women I interviewed four times--from their junior year in high school in 1970 through their mid-fifties in 2008. As a group, they were part of a distinctive generational cohort. However, as juniors, the young women's educational and political views and...
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Ladies Day at the Capitol integrates for the first time the history of New York's women lawmakers with the larger story of New York State politics. Through extensive research and interviews, author Lauren Kozakiewicz documents New York women's actions as elected officials between 1919 and 1992 and explores how gendered ideas affected their careers and ability to represent women's voices in government. Ladies Day at the Capitol offers a general framework...
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This anti-suffrage pamphlet by Marie Corelli is a fascinating read for any modern feminist or social historian and all those who are interested in the history of suffragism. Corelli accepted gender roles as natural and immutable, which inevitably influenced her view on female suffrage. She claimed that nature insists on contrasts, and therefore the suffragette betrayed feminine culture and showed herself in allegiance with men rather than as committed...
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From Africa to Asia to the Americas, women are the key to progress on ending poverty, violence, and conflict. Award-winning humanitarian and journalist Sally Armstrong shows us why empowering women and girls is the way forward, and she introduces us to the leading females who are making change happen, from Nobel Prize winners to little girls suing from justice. Uprising tells dramatic and empowering stories of change-makers and examines the stunning...
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Hillary Clinton's name is on everyone's lips as we head into the 2016 presidential election. But as we know from the 2008 presidential campaign, and its outcome, Clinton evokes extreme and varied emotions among voters in a way no other candidate in recent memory has. But why?
Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox delves into the nuances of our complicated feelings about one of the most powerful women ever in American politics. In this timely...
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Many Canadians say that British Columbia is the zaniest political province. It's too diverse, too polarized-geographically, demographically and ideologically. But the British Columbia political arena is lively, and it has often led the way in electing women to parliaments-as respected spokespeople for the public and as equal people.
In Seeking Balance, Anne Edwards shares her conversations with more than eighty British Columbia women politicians,...
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If you're a woman campaigning for an office, now you can MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. At a time when we need smart and compassionate solutions, we need to hear the voices and gain the insights of women. Here's your complete practical guide to: Designing 30-second campaign messages -Using your voice professionally -Creating memorable campaign slogans -Writing winning campaign speeches -Diminishing nervousness -Managing your body language -Conveying who you...
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About #2020: The Bell Curve & The Metaphor...
The crack in the Liberty Bell has become symbolic with the existing problems, occurring in American Politics. Politicians are baiting Americans against each other so they can remain in power. We must draw attention to the voting loopholes currently existing in our system while using them to our advantage until we close them. Sometimes, people need a dose of their own medicine. Some of the chapters are...
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Women's equality is one of the great achievements of Western civilization. Yet most American women today do not consider themselves "feminists." Why is the term that describes one of the great chapters in the history of freedom in such disrepute?
In Freedom Feminism: It’s Surprising History and Why It Matters Today, Christina Hoff Sommers seeks to recover the lost history of American feminism by introducing readers to conservative feminism's forgotten...
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Q: How do you survive in a world of disinformation?
A: You chronicle the truth.
Welcome to the post-truth world!
In this age of disinformation, it is important to document the travesties of the oligarchs and puppet masters; the "Powers That Be".
This monthly publication is salty.
It's for adults ONLY!
If you can't handle tough questions (hint: you are a snowflake) you will not like this periodical.
Left, Right, Libertarian?-I don't care!
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18) Statecraft
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Lady Thatcher, a unique figure in global politics, shares her views about the dangers and opportunities of the new millennium.
Lady Thatcher's previous books on her political career have been bestsellers, The Downing Street Years went to No.1. She is a unique world figure and this book, containing her views about the dangers and opportunities of the new millennium, will attract great interest both in Britain and around the world.
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A man with aspirations of being a world leader, Barack Obama, a man with many secrets of his own, set out to destroy the strongest power by bankrupting the nation, diminishing its military, and apologizing to all other countries for its arrogance. A man that has his own army and concentration camps ready at his whim for you. A man that could and should have brought unity between black and white America but his cause was to further his own agenda to...
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The Lyin Kings. The Wannabe World Rulers. Two people, a man and a woman who fought for power in 2008, may once again do battle in 2016. This time, will it be up to the Illuminati, the gay world, the Illegals, FEMA, or the Militia that will decides who wins or loses. Hillary Clinton, a confessed Socialist, and Barack Obama, a practicing Socialist, both want to lead the world, not our country; both want to destroy our Constitution and Declaration of...
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