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The firsts : the inside story of the women reshaping Congress / Jennifer Steinhauer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 262 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781616209995
  • 1616209992
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Contents:
French heels, kidney punches, and the dead husband's club -- They did it their way -- Now what? -- Whose party is it, anyway? -- Reclaiming their time -- Crisis at the border -- This is what diversity looks like -- Lived experiences -- The lasts -- To impeach or not to impeach -- Paving the way forward.
Summary: "A lively, behind-the-scenes look at the historic cohort of diverse, young, and groundbreaking women newly elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 as they arrive in Washington, DC, and start working for change, written by a news reporter with sharp insight and deep knowledge of the Hill"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A riveting inside look at the women behind the headlines.



In the November 2018 midterms, the greatest number of women in history were elected to Congress. It was a group diverse in background, age, professional experience, and ideology. And from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and "the Squad" to a group with national security backgrounds calling themselves "the Badasses," from the first two Native American women to the first two Muslim women, all were swept into office on an enormous wave of grassroots support.



Here, New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer chronicles these women's first year in Congress, following their shift from trailblazing campaigns to the daily work of governance. In committee rooms, offices, visits back home with their constituents, and conversations in the halls of the Capitol, she probes the question: Will Washington, with its hidebound traditions and overpriced housing and petty power struggles, change the changemakers? Or will this Congress, which looks a little more like today's America, truly be the start of something new?



Vivid and smart, The Firsts delivers fresh details, inside access, historical perspective, and expert analysis as these women--inspiring, controversial, talented, and rebellious--do something surprising: make Congress essential again.





Includes bibliographical references and index.

French heels, kidney punches, and the dead husband's club -- They did it their way -- Now what? -- Whose party is it, anyway? -- Reclaiming their time -- Crisis at the border -- This is what diversity looks like -- Lived experiences -- The lasts -- To impeach or not to impeach -- Paving the way forward.

"A lively, behind-the-scenes look at the historic cohort of diverse, young, and groundbreaking women newly elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 as they arrive in Washington, DC, and start working for change, written by a news reporter with sharp insight and deep knowledge of the Hill"-- Provided by publisher.

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