From the US workplace to the international arena, the Bush administration has wrapped female-friendly rhetoric around some of the most hard-core policy since Ronald Regan. The bombing campaign in Afganistan was cast as liberation for Afghan women,and a push to roll back reproductive rights was characterized as "protection" for women and foetuses at home. We are now confronted with the strange spectacle of a near fundamentalist presidency - after decades of feminist struggle. There are more women in office now than during ...
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From the US workplace to the international arena, the Bush administration has wrapped female-friendly rhetoric around some of the most hard-core policy since Ronald Regan. The bombing campaign in Afganistan was cast as liberation for Afghan women,and a push to roll back reproductive rights was characterized as "protection" for women and foetuses at home. We are now confronted with the strange spectacle of a near fundamentalist presidency - after decades of feminist struggle. There are more women in office now than during any other US administration. "Bushwomen" is a tale of a cynical species. The author Laura Flanders investigates how they rose to high office and where their real loyalties lie. There are savage portraits of all the women, including the real story behind Secretary of the Interior Gale Ann Norton - dubbed "The Woman from Marlboro Country" by her environmentalist foes; Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, who bullied union longhsore workers to the benefit of her trading-with China family and friends; Condoleezza Rice and her passion for oil and football; Lynne Cheney's lesbian novel and suppression of her activist daughter; and how Karen Hughes got her first job thanks to NOW - all revealing the cynicism of the Right's crusade to win moderate women voters and put a female face on anti-feminist policy.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Name accompanied by short note on fep. x, 342 p. Notes. Index. The Bushwomen--women appointed to the inner circle of the president's cabinet and sub-cabinet--are a strange breed. Flanders investigates how they rose to high office, where they might be headed, and whether their power is a victory for women's equality.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Signed by Laura Flanders in person. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 342 p. Audience: General/trade. Fine in a Fine dust jacket-a tight, unread copy in excellent condition. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line beginning with 1. Signed in person by Laura Flanders on the title page, along with date and NYC, on June 26, 2019 at The Strand Book Store in New York City, where Laura was the interviewer for the event for Lisa Duggan and her book-Mean Girl. An event flyer and a photo of Laura during the event will be included. The book is protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be carefully packaged in protective material, and shipped in a new box. Rest assured, that we will always treat both our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
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