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092 _aPelosi, N.
_bB187
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aBall, Molly,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPelosi /
_cMolly Ball.
250 _aFirst Edition.
264 1 _aNew York, New York :
_bHenry Holt and Company,
_c2020.
300 _axix, 345 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [320]-329) and index.
520 _aShe's the iconic leader who puts Donald Trump in his place, the woman with the toughness to take on a lawless president and defend American democracy. Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery and inimitable elan. It's a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician who for years was demonized by the right and taken for granted by many in her own party--even though, as speaker under President Barack Obama, she deserves much of the credit for epochal liberal accomplishments from universal access to health care to saving the US economy from collapse, from reforming Wall Street to allowing gay people to serve openly in the military. How did an Italian grandmother in four-inch heels become the greatest legislator since LBJ? Ball's nuanced, page-turning portrait takes readers inside the life and times of this historic and underappreciated figure. Based on exclusive interviews with the Speaker and deep background reporting, Ball shows Pelosi through a thoroughly modern lens to explain how this extraordinary woman has met her moment.
600 1 0 _aPelosi, Nancy,
_d1940-
_9208474
650 0 _aWomen politicians
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
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