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Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced, by Theodore F. Sheckels, Nichola D. Gutgold, and Diana Bartelli Carlin, is a book that includes interviews with several of the subjects, inviting not only the reader, but the women themselves to consider why they have been dismissed as presidential contenders. Gender and media scholars as well as the general public will find the barriers of communication style, geography, stereotyping, and more, both frustrating and fascinating as the US attempts Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The authors acknowledge that the requirements are higher for women than for men to be chosen. They also admit that nine women is too small a sample to be statistically reliable. However, after examining these nine women’s situations, in the last chapter the authors suggest eleven maxims a woman must have to be considered for the presidency.
Each of the authors wrote the chapters for three of the women. Unfortunately, the book was not very well proofread; several factual errors occur including saying that Pelosi became “majority” instead of “minority” leader in 2011 (p. 95), and listing Kathleen Sebalius as a Republican instead of Democratic governor (p. 157). Also, I would have preferred to have had several other prominent women such as Geraldine Ferraro and Hilliary Rodham Clinton included. (