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Bezig met laden... Ruth Hanna McCormick: A Life in Politics, 1880-1944door Kristie Miller
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 3961. Ruth Hanna McCormick: A Life in Politics 1880-1944, by Kristie Miller (read 6 Dec 2004) Because I so enjoyed the life of Colonel McCormick by Richard Norton Smith which I read 16 Mar 2004, I wanted to read the biography of his sister-in-law, the daughter of Mark Hanna, who married Medill McCormick (who served one term in the US Senate from 1919 to 1925, lost his bid for renomination and then killed himself), was elected to Congress in 1928, ran for the Senate in 1930 and lost to J. Hamilton Lewis (who had lost to her husband in 1918), and continued politically active but thankfully always unsuccessful till she died in 1944. Not an analytic book, and somewhat amateurishly written by the subject's granddaughter, but fun to read for all the political history it tells of. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"I choose to run," declared Ruth Hanna McCormick in 1929, illustrating both her sense of fun in the parody of Calvin Coolidge and her lifelong commitment to partisan politics. Her life illustrates the opportunities and limitations that faced women participating in American politics during the early twentieth century. Unlike many other veterans of the fight for suffrage, McCormick learned the techniques of politics early from her father, Senator Marcus A. Hanna, McKinley's legendary campaign manager. Her political apprenticeship continued under her husband, Medill McCormick, Chicago Tribune scion, and a leader in Progressive and Republican circles. Associated with the major figures and pivotal events of U.S. history for nearly fifty years, McCormick was the first woman elected to a national statewide office, the first nominated by a major party for the Senate, and the first to manage a presidential nomination campaign, that of Thomas Dewey. Unique though McCormick's accomplishments were, she shared with other modern women the problems of balancing personal ambition with the demands of husband, children, and social expectations. Hers is the story of a vital, engaging, and complex woman and sheds new light on women's political and social history. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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