Kathleen Hall Jamieson is Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Dirty Politics, Packaging the Presidency (winner of the Winans-Wichelns Book Award), and Eloquence in an Electronic Age which won the Speech Communication Association's Golden Anniversary Award.
"Like an infra-red light that makes it possible to see clearly in
the dark, Kathleen Hall Jamieson's analysis shows up the tripwires
in the paths of women leaders for what they are, double binds that
can and must be challenged."--Right Honourable Kim Campbell, former
Prime Minister of Canada
"An important and illuminating book. Kathleen Hall Jamieson tells
us that women have made progress, albeit in a
damned-if-they-do/damned-if-they-don't tangle of old fashioned
double binds and new fangled twists in the tale of sexism. She
draws on a rich historical data base and a vast storehouse of
compelling contemporary anecdotes to offer an optimistic but
realistic analysis of women's advancement and leadership in new
areas of endeavor. Her account exposes
the roots from which double binds grew to restrict women, pinpoints
the progress to date in loosening those restraints, and forecasts
both continued breakthroughs and inevitable struggles ahead on
the
road to equality."--Ruth B. Mandel, Director, Eagleton Institute of
Politics, Rutgers University
"If you are a woman alive today, you will recognize yourself on
every page of Kathleen Hall Jamieson's brilliant new book about the
progress of women as leaders. There are catch-22s for women--or
double binds, as she calls them--where whatever we do, we lose. But
Jamieson shows how we have surmounted these binds in the past and
in the process moved forward. And she's confident we will continue
to. What I most like about this book is that it's free of
ideology.
Jamieson is clear-eyed, unemotional, keenly analytical and above
all...she's hopeful!"--Lesley Stahl, CBS News, "60 Minutes"
"Kathleen Hall Jamieson provides a fresh framework for
understanding the repeated frustrations that have slowed women's
social progress. Her liberating conclusion: women can break every
bind if they just avoid treating themselves as victims."--Harriett
Woods, President, National Women's Political Caucus
"[Ms. Jamieson] makes you want to get in there, on either side of a
big, interesting war with lots at stake--a war intelligent people
should find worth fighting."--The New York Times Book Review
"Along the way [Jamieson] does a fascinating, minute-by-minute
analysis of how Hillary Rodham Clinton came to be viewed as an
antihousewife Antichrist during the 1992 campaign."--The New York
Times
"[Jamieson] is particularly fair in her discussion of the way in
which some feminists have tried to dissuade women...from voicing
views that disagree with the reigning orthodoxy within the
movement."--Washington Post Book World
"Jamieson draws a lucid, often entertaining, and at times shocking
portrait of contemporary attitudes toward women leaders."--Kirkus
Reviews
"[Jamieson] proves herself adept at disentangling and questioning
the mixed messages women receive about who they are and who they
should be."--Publishers Weekly
"[Jamieson] has written another thoroughly researched, well-crafted
book...This substantive work makes a significant contribution to
feminist literature."--Library Journal
"Like an infra-red light that makes it possible to see clearly in
the dark, Kathleen Hall Jamieson's analysis shows up the tripwires
in the paths of women leaders for what they are, double binds that
can and must be challenged."--Right Honourable Kim Campbell, former
Prime Minister of Canada
"An important and illuminating book. Kathleen Hall Jamieson tells
us that women have made progress, albeit in a
damned-if-they-do/damned-if-they-don't tangle of old fashioned
double binds and new fangled twists in the tale of sexism. She
draws on a rich historical data base and a vast storehouse of
compelling contemporary anecdotes to offer an optimistic but
realistic analysis of women's advancement and leadership in new
areas of endeavor. Her account exposes
the roots from which double binds grew to restrict women, pinpoints
the progress to date in loosening those restraints, and forecasts
both continued breakthroughs and inevitable struggles ahead on
the
road to equality."--Ruth B. Mandel, Director, Eagleton Institute of
Politics, Rutgers University
"If you are a woman alive today, you will recognize yourself on
every page of Kathleen Hall Jamieson's brilliant new book about the
progress of women as leaders. There are catch-22s for women--or
double binds, as she calls them--where whatever we do, we lose. But
Jamieson shows how we have surmounted these binds in the past and
in the process moved forward. And she's confident we will continue
to. What I most like about this book is that it's free of
ideology.
Jamieson is clear-eyed, unemotional, keenly analytical and above
all...she's hopeful!"--Lesley Stahl, CBS News, "60 Minutes"
"Kathleen Hall Jamieson provides a fresh framework for
understanding the repeated frustrations that have slowed women's
social progress. Her liberating conclusion: women can break every
bind if they just avoid treating themselves as victims."--Harriett
Woods, President, National Women's Political Caucus
"[Ms. Jamieson] makes you want to get in there, on either side of a
big, interesting war with lots at stake--a war intelligent people
should find worth fighting."--The New York Times Book Review
"Along the way [Jamieson] does a fascinating, minute-by-minute
analysis of how Hillary Rodham Clinton came to be viewed as an
antihousewife Antichrist during the 1992 campaign."--The New York
Times
"[Jamieson] is particularly fair in her discussion of the way in
which some feminists have tried to dissuade women...from voicing
views that disagree with the reigning orthodoxy within the
movement."--Washington Post Book World
"Jamieson draws a lucid, often entertaining, and at times shocking
portrait of contemporary attitudes toward women leaders."--Kirkus
Reviews
"[Jamieson] proves herself adept at disentangling and questioning
the mixed messages women receive about who they are and who they
should be."--Publishers Weekly
"[Jamieson] has written another thoroughly researched, well-crafted
book...This substantive work makes a significant contribution to
feminist literature."--Library Journal
"Jamieson's take...is both optimistic and
refreshing."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"Outstanding! Well researched, well documented, clearly
communicated thesis that summarizes every issue women
face."--Marilyn E. Vito, CPA, CMA, Assistant Professor of Business,
Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ
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