Encyclopedia Of Women And American Politics (Facts on File Library of American History)

Contents......Page 6
List of Entries......Page 8
Contributors......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
A......Page 22
B......Page 63
C......Page 113
D......Page 161
E......Page 179
F......Page 196
G......Page 223
H......Page 245
I......Page 275
J......Page 279
K......Page 289
L......Page 299
M......Page 315
N......Page 350
O......Page 367
P......Page 374
Q......Page 395
R......Page 396
S......Page 423
T......Page 461
U......Page 485
V......Page 489
W......Page 494
Y......Page 530
Z......Page 533
Appendices: Tables and Statistical Portraits\r......Page 534
1. Firsts for Women in U.S. Politics......Page 536
2. Women in the U.S. Congress 1917-2009......Page 540
3. Women of Color in the U.S. Congress 1965-2009......Page 541
4. Women in the U.S. House of Representatives 1917-2007......Page 542
5. Women in the U.S. Senate 1922-2007......Page 547
6. Women in Statewide Elective Executive Office 1969-2007......Page 548
8. Women Appointed to Cabinet Positions 1933-2007......Page 549
10. First Ladies of the United States of America......Page 551
Primary Documents: Contents......Page 554
1. Address to the First Women\'s Rights Convention......Page 556
2. Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions......Page 557
3. \"Ain\'t I a Woman?\"......Page 559
4. Address to the National Woman\'s Loyal League......Page 560
5. Speech after Being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election......Page 562
6. \"What It Means to Be Colored in the Capital of the United States\"......Page 563
7. \"The Fundamental Principle of a Republic\"......Page 568
8. \"The Crisis\"......Page 580
9. Address to the United States Congress......Page 588
11. \"A Moral Necessity for Birth Control\"......Page 590
12. Declaration of Conscience......Page 593
13. The National Organization for Women\'s 1966 Statement of Purpose......Page 596
14. \"Equal Rights For Women\"......Page 599
16. Opening Statement to the House Judiciary Committee Proceedings on the Impeachment of Richard Nixon......Page 601
17. Democratic Convention Keynote Address: \"Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good?\"......Page 603
18. Address Accepting the Nomination for Vice President......Page 606
19. Keynote Address to the 1988 Democratic National Convention......Page 609
20. Commencement Address at Wellesley College......Page 613
21. \"Women\'s Rights Are Human Rights\"......Page 615
Bibliography......Page 620
Index......Page 636