Women in Politics: A Global Perspective
On display in Rose Library, October 2018.
Selected by 2018-2019 Libraries Council for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; chaired by Mark Lane.
2018 has brought a record number of women running for office in the United States, Lebanon, and elsewhere around the world. These books explore the past struggles women have endured to be heard, current political leaders and their stories, and lessons for future leaders to learn, regardless of their gender.
African American Women in Congress: Forming and Transforming History by Publication Date: 1997
Crossing Borders: Re-mapping Women's Movements at the Turn of the 21st Century by Publication Date: 2004
The Dashing Ladies of Shiv Sena: Political Matronage in Urbanizing India by Publication Date: 2016
The Female Voice of Myanmar: Khin Myo Chit to Aung San Suu Kyi by Publication Date: 2015
The Feminist Revolution: the Struggle for Women's Liberation by Publication Date: 2018
Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope by Publication Date: 2011
Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics by Publication Date: 2018
Gender and Political Recruitment: Theorizing Institutional Change by Publication Date: 2013
Gendered Politics: Campaign Strategies of California Women Candidates, 1912-1970 by Publication Date: 2017
The Gender Face of Asian Politics by Publication Date: 2009
Governing in a Global World: Women in Public Service by Publication Date: 2017
The Hillary Doctrine: Sex & American Foreign Policy by Publication Date: 2015
Jeannette Rankin: A Political Woman by Publication Date: 2005
Junctures in Women's Leadership: Social Movements by Publication Date: 2016
Keep Marching: How Every Woman can Take Action and Change Our World by Publication Date: 2018
Local Action/Global Change: A Handbook on Women's Human Rights by Publication Date: 2008
The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action and Women's Rights Around the World by Publication Date: 2018
The Lost Wave: Women and Democracy in Postwar Italy by Publication Date: 2014
Madame President: the Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by Publication Date: 2017
Madam Secretary by Publication Date: 2003
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the Battle for a New South by Publication Date: 2009
Making Globalization Work for Women: the Role of Social Rights and Trade Union Leadership by Publication Date: 2011
Margaret Thatcher: Shaping the New Conservatism by Publication Date: 2015
Mothers in Public and Political Life by Publication Date: 2017
Parite! : Sexual Equality and the Crisis of French Universalism by Publication Date: 2005
Party Institutionalization and Women's Representation in Democratic Brazil by Publication Date: 2018
Representation: The Case of Women by Publication Date: 2014
The Right Women: Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators by Publication Date: 2018
Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom by Publication Date: 2018
Unbowed: A Memoir by Publication Date: 2007
When Does Gender Matter?: Women Candidates & Gender Stereotypes in American Elections by Publication Date: 2014
Why Congress Needs Women: Bringing Sanity to the House and Senate by Publication Date: 2016
A Woman among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice by Publication Date: 2009
Woman Suffrage, Arguments and Results by Publication Date: 1971
Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future by Publication Date: 2014
Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics by Publication Date: 2012
Women at War, Women Building Peace: Challenging Gender Norm by Publication Date: 2013
Women in National Legislatures: a Comparative Study of Six Countries by Publication Date: 1980
Women Officeholders and the Role Models Who Pioneered the Way by Publication Date: 2016
Women of the Mountain South: Identity, Work, and Activism by Publication Date: 2015
Women on the Run: Gender, Media, and Political Campaigns in a Polarized Era by Publication Date: 2016
Women Political Leaders and the Media by Publication Date: 2013
Women Presidents of Latin America: Beyond Family Ties? by Publication Date: 2015
