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Main Title Women in Congress, 1917-2006 /
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Wasniewski, Matthew A.
Publisher U.S. G.P.O.,
Year Published 2006
Stock Number 552-070-07480-9
OCLC Number 71427081
ISBN 0160767539; 9780160767531
Subjects Women legislators--United States--Biography
Additional Subjects United States--Congress--Biography
Internet Access
Description Access URL
Accompanying web site. http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/WIC/Women-in-Congress-Landing-Page/Women-in-Congress/
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS81008
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc223/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc223.pdf
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-223/index.html
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02365994u
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2006030660-b.html
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Publisher description https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1616/2006030660-d.html
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS81008
Holdings
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Status
ELBR REF JK1030.W66 2006 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 07/05/2024
Collation v, 1008 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
Notes
"An updated version of House document 101-238, entitled Women in Congress, 1917-1990''--P. iii. "Matthew A. Wasniewski, editor-in-chief"--Page v. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
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. Contains profiles, contextual essays, historical images, and appendices that provide information about the 229 women who have served in Congress from 1917 through 2006.