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Angela Merkel is a German politician best known as the first female chancellor of Germany and one of the architects of the European Union. Trained as a physicist, Merkel entered politics after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. Rising to the position of chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union party, Merkel became Germany's first female chancellor following the 2005 national elections. Merkel is a prominent figure within the European Union and has helped turn Germany into one of the world's leading nations.

Poetry of the moment - "a smart frown on the political clown in all of us." Violet Headmess, author of The Ice Cream Wars. This is poetry as lyrics for a politicized year. Attack poems, if you prefer, sparing no one and approaching reggae. Wit works well with syncopation after all. The lyrics will be music soon.

With insights and personal anecdotes from Sheryl Sandberg, Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem, Nancy Pelosi, Nicholas Kristof, Melissa Etheridge, and many more, this book addresses timely, provocative issues involving women, politics, and power. With a broader goal of encouraging women and girls to be leaders in their lives, their communities, and the larger world, Schnall and her interviewees explore the changing paradigms occurring in politics and in our culture with the hope of moving toward meaningful and effective solutions.

Since Victoria Woodhull launched her symbolic bid for the presidency in 1872, dozens of women have sought the presidency over the past 150 years. Their quest began long before women won the vote, and it unfolded over decades when a woman's pursuit of any higher political office was met with prejudice, mockery, and hostility. Even after women started voting in 1920, they remained shut out of rooms where presidential candidacies were often born.

Price of Fame, the concluding volume of the life of an exceptionally brilliant polymath, chronicles Luce's progress from her arrival on Capitol Hill through her career as a diplomat, prolific journalist, and magnetic public speaker, as well as a playwright, screenwriter, pioneer scuba diver, early experimenter in psychedelic drugs, and grande dame of the GOP in the Reagan era.

"Un enfant si je veux, quand je veux", la revendication féministe de mai 68 est à la base du débat. Quels droits pour la mère, la femme, l'enfant encore à naître ? En 1974, les députés se penchent avec passion et conviction sur cette question éthique complexe. Le vote de la loi sur l'I.V.G. est loin d'être assuré alors que la majorité est largement opposée au projet. Détracteurs et partisans se suivent à la tribune pour convaincre, expliquer, exhorter.

"Her technique was simple: aim for the top", an envious colleague wrote of Clare Boothe Luce. No American woman of the twentieth century aimed so accurately or rose so far as this legendary playwright, politician, and social seductress.

In What Women Want, Deborah L. Rhode, one of the nation's leading scholars on women and law, brings to the discussion a broad array of interdisciplinary research as well as interviews with heads of leading women's organizations. Is the women's movement stalled? What are the major obstacles it confronts? What are its key priorities and what strategies might advance them? In addressing those questions, the audiobook explores virtually all of the major policy issues confronting women.

Are you sick and tired of watching your city, state and country spiral out of control and into the hands of liberals, whether Democrats or “Republicans in Name Only?” If so, you will be inspired to make a difference as you listen to the passionate battle cry of Scottie Nell Hughes.

There are hundreds of ways to lead a more environmentally friendly, socially conscious, and liberally minded life - ways that can even be enjoyable. Justin Krebs explains that being liberal, or progressive, isn’t only a political act - it’s a lifestyle that’s suited to our changing America.

Michele Bachmann is one of the most compelling leaders in America. But despite all the magazine covers and cable television stories, most people don't know who she really is, where she comes from, or what she believes. So she decided to tell her own story and let the reader decide. As you'll...

“Never losing faith, we waited through the many years of struggle to achieve our rights. But women weren't just waiting; women were working. Never losing faith, we worked to redeem the promise of America, that all men and women are created equal. For our daughters and our granddaughters today...

Welcome to the bully pulpit where opinions fly but common sense rules. Here’s where you’ll find straight talk about the most pressing issues of the day, all delivered in the trademark commonsense style of one of America’s most popular and admired television news anchors. Always resisting...

Il potere delle donne: L'Europa è delle donne, l'Italia no. Sul lavoro e in politica il potere femminile è una parola, di Gad Lerner; Effetto Sanna, premier finlandese con due mamme: da Helsinki a Bruxelles la parità è la norma, di Andrea Tarquini; Vanessa Incontrada, belli e imperfetti, di Michela Marzano; Le "fantastiche cinque" che vogliono salvare la politica della Finlandia, di Andrea Tarquini; Io, sottobraccio a Greta, di Jane Fonda.

La forza delle donne: Olga Misik, la ragazza che protesta con la Costituzione: "Noi giovani cambieremo Mosca", di Rosalba Castelletti; Federica Pellegrini: "Voglio solo essere felice, ho imparato dalle cicatrici", di Emanuela Audisio; Toni Morrison, addio regina nera d'America, di Anna Lombardi; Anne e le altre: "Basta vergogna per l'infertilità", di Maria Novella De Luca; "Mia madre Anna Marchesini, una maestra di entusiasmo", di Rodolfo Di Giammarco; Benedetta Pilato, la principessa della rana, di Alessandra Retico.

La frontiera dei diritti e la disobbedienza. Il braccio di ferro tra il ministro e i sindaci in sei articoli di Repubblica: L'identità in crisi dei populisti, di Enrico Franceschini; Dietro al Colle, la sfida delle due Italie, di Stefano Folli; Decreto Salvini, la sicurezza immorale e la disobbedienza civile, di Massimo Giannini; Dietro la rivolta dei Comuni la paura di una nuova bomba sociale, di Alessandra Ziniti; I sindaci e la via maestra della Consulta, di Stefano Folli; Sulle donne in fuorigioco la politica si sveglia tardi, di Gigi Riva.

In 1895, Utah's leading suffragist, Emmeline B. Wells, welcomed her friends Susan B. Anthony and Reverend Anna Howard Shaw to a gathering of more than 8,000 people from around the nation at the Rocky Mountain Suffrage Convention. They were there to celebrate the suffrage movement's recent wins and strategize their next triumphs. Pioneering the Vote tells the remarkable, largely unknown story of the early suffrage victories that happened in states and territories in the American West.

Combining the by-the-bootstraps work ethic of Nikki Haley’s Can’t Is Not an Option with the military pluck of MJ Heger’s Shoot Like a Girl, Joni Ernst’s candid memoir details the rise of one of the most inspiring and authentic women in the United States Senate. The daughter of...

Equal parts information and inspiration, After You Vote: A Woman's Guide to Making an Impact, from Town Hall to Capitol Hill is both a primer and call-to-action for women of all ages who want to exercise their voices and engage more fully in civic life. It's the ultimate guide to political engagement, filled with practical (and proven) tactics to make your voice heard and have an influence on the issues you care about most - whatever those may be.

In November 2018, the greatest number of women in American history entered Congress. From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and "the Squad" to "the Badasses" with national security backgrounds, from the first two Native Americans in Congress to the first two Muslim women, all were swept into office on a wave of grassroots support, diverse in background, age, professional experience, and ideology. In The Firsts, New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer follows these women's first year in the 116th Congress.