A Woman in the House (and Senate)

Posted on 24 April 2018 by Ilene Cooper

For the first 128 years of our country s history, not a single woman served in the Senate or House of Representatives All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress even before the Nineteenth Amendment gave women across the U.S the right to vote.Beginning with the women s suffrage movement and going all the way through the results of the 2012 election, Ilene Cooper deftly covers than a century of U.S history in order to highlight the influential and diverse group of female leaders who opened doors for women in politics as well as the nation as a whole Featured women include Hattie Caraway the first woman elected to the Senate , Patsy Mink the first woman of color to serve in Congress , Shirley Chisholm the first African American woman in Congress , and present day powerhouses like Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton The book is filled with lively illustrations and archival photographs It includes a glossary, index, and chart of all the women who have served in Congress Praise for A Woman in the House and SenateSTARRED REVIEW It is no small task to create a book that summarizes over a century of U.S history, gives a crash course in civics, and provides succinct, pithy biographies of numerous women who have served in the legislative and judicial branches of government Cooper pulls it off Kirkus Reviews, starred review Best Read A Woman in the House (and Senate) [ author ] Ilene Cooper [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I checked this book out from the library, thinking my daughters might be interested However, I found myself reading it from cover to cover It tells the stories of many women and the circumstances of their time in congress In providing context, it hits a lot of the main discussions and controversies in US history.One of my favorite stories in this book was t...Teacher notes A biography collection designed to show the influence women have had on our national Congress The authors do an excellent job showcases women from both political parties in a positive light.Written with a middle school reading level in mind, this collection of sheroes in the political arena is sure to offer many young girls inspiration and motivation Chapters are short and mainly dedicated to one or two women Several chapters are grouped into sections pertaining to the most important decades or movements suffrage, World War II, civil rights, etc The tone is light anddifficult vocabulary or concepts are well defined with easy to follow examples The book has both black Written with a middle school reading level in mind, this collection of sheroes in the political arena is sure to offer many young girls inspiration and motivation Chapters are short and mainly dedicated to one or two women Several chapters are grouped into sections pertaining to the most important decades or movements suffrage, World War II, civil rights, etc The tone is light anddifficult vocabulary or concepts are well defined with easy to follow examples The book has ...There s not a ton of substance in this book, and it is kind of an odd mix It almost requires a young reader to have basic knowledge in the history of American politics while at the same time being extremely basic itself The subtitle would be better as Women Who Came to the United States Congress...It wasn t quite as good as I had hoped Not quite as in depth as I wanted, a little bit too much emphasis on appearance I wish that had been addressed However, I learned some stuff about past female representatives and senators that I didn t know already, and that s always good.Very interesting read I learned a lot and appreciate what these went through to get where they did.As former U.S Senator Olympia Snowe writes in the forward to this book geared to ages 10 14, The total number of woman senators and representatives in America s history is 296 That s out of a total of 12,099 individuals who have served in Congress Ilene Cooper takes readers from the first Congress in 1789 through the Congress of 2010 from the beginnings of the women s suffrage movement to a Congress with a woman Speaker of the House She tells you what life was like for American women in th As former U.S Senator Olympia Snowe writes in the forward to this book geared to ages 10 14, The total number of woman senators and representatives in America s history is 296 That s out of a total of 12,099 individuals who have served in Congress Ilene Cooper takes readers from the first Congress in 1789 through the Congress of 2010 from the beginnings of the women s suffrage movement to a Congress with a woman Speaker of the House She tells you what life was like for American women in the early 1800s, and about the trail blazing women who fought for women to have the right to vote The 19th Amendment, stating that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of sex, was passed in 1920 She continues through the eras, first introducing a bit of the sociopolitical background and then highlighting the females who struggled against sexism and racism to serve in Congress.Many notable women ar...A book about women how they came to be in government why and when and how far they have to go to become equal Detailed and factual without being boring, she presents the long and difficult history of women s efforts to vote, to be heard and to govern Appendix...really dry, tbh not going to review because it was so boring, wanted some hype feminism and was super boredA Woman in the House and the Senate How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country by Ilene Cooper and Elizabeth Baddeley As suggested by the title, this book chronicles the history of women in politics in the United States Congress Beginning in the House of Representatives and eventually getting seats in the Senate as well, women have been working in politics for far longer than we get credit for Granted, many of those first seats were obtained th A Woman in the House and the Senate How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country by Ilene Cooper and Elizabeth Baddeley As suggested by the title, this book chronicles the history of women in politics in the United States Congress Beginning in the House of Representatives and eventually getting seats in the Senate as well, women have been workin...

24 April 2018

Ilene Cooper