A History of Struggle Humble Beginnings A Promise Denied Beyond a Single Term New Deal Women Women's Rights Public Health, Consumer Affairs, and the Environment A Losing Cause? A Second Wind The Emerging Female Leadership The Decade of the Woman Building the Foundation The Losers The Legacy of 1992 Fundraising: Changes Over the Years Changing Attitudes Women versus Women The New Congressional Woman Aspiring to Power Committee Power Congressional Leadership The Women's Caucus Joining the Team Family Problems Women's Legislation The Modern Legislative Agenda Congressional Staff Background Springboard to Election The Power of Staff A New Era: Less Government, Less Staff Problems in the Workplace Sexual Harassment Conclusion Prognosis Selected Bibliography Index
This text explores the history and current status of women members and staff on Capitol Hill - tracing the difficult history of women in Congress, their slow and painful path to political power, and their hopes and fears of today.
KAREN FOERSTEL is a senior reporter with Congressional Quarterly, specializing in political and legislative issues in the House of Representatives. Previously, she served as a staff writer with the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. HERBERT N. FOERSTEL is head of Branch Libraries at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Surveillance in the Stacks: The FBI's Library Awareness Program (Greenwood, 1991), Secret Science: Federal Control of American Science and Technology (Praeger, 1993), and Banned in the USA: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries (Greenwood, 1994).
?Karen Foerstel and Herbert Foerstel bring their researching skills
and 'insider' information together to trace the history of women's
slow, not always steady, struggle to attain election to and power
in Congress. In the second half of their book, they document with
interesting anecdotal examples the difficulties Congresswomen have
continually faced getting respect and recognition from their male
colleagues. The final section is a fascinating report of the
discrimination and harassment women experience working on personal
office and congressional committee staffs. Recommended for
academic, law, and public libraries with strong women's studies
collections.?-Library Journal
?Karen Foerstel and Herbert Foerstel...bring their researching
skills and 'insider' information together to trace the history of
women's slow, not always steady, struggle to attain election to and
power in Congress. In the second half of their book, they document
with interesting anecdotal examples the difficulties Congresswomen
have continually faced getting respect and recognition from their
male colleagues. The final section is a fascinating report of the
discrimination and harassment women experience working on personal
office and congressional committee staffs. Recommended for
academic, law, and public libraries with strong women's studies
collections.?-Library Journal
?The book is well and engagingly written and rich with reactions to
the politics of Congress by the women who serve there. Undoubtedly,
students will enjoy the stories of individual Congresswomen and
staffers.?-Women & Politics
?The Foerstels open this study with an overview of the history of
women elected to Congress, providing a context for the myriad
challenges and obstacles faced by women in the political arena.
With keen insights, they illuminate the process of party politics
and offer a critique of the committee system. This analysis touches
on those issues pertinent to women. In essence, they indicate there
is little cause for optimism while the male-dominant power
structure is still in control.?-Booklist
?The Foerstels provide an excellent account of the battle of the
sexes in Congress... Women are not key players on the standing
committees, nor are they entrenched in the leadership of either
party. Yet women are important to the success or failure of
congressional members in their staff roles, as they account for
about 60 percent of all staff (although they still serve
disproportionately in the lower-paying jobs). The prognosis for
women in this book is not overly optimistic, but it is realistic.
Women are still 'climbing the hill, ' and will be doing so for
decades in their attempt to rival men in political power. Upper
division undergraduates through faculty.?-Choice
"Karen Foerstel and Herbert Foerstel bring their researching skills
and 'insider' information together to trace the history of women's
slow, not always steady, struggle to attain election to and power
in Congress. In the second half of their book, they document with
interesting anecdotal examples the difficulties Congresswomen have
continually faced getting respect and recognition from their male
colleagues. The final section is a fascinating report of the
discrimination and harassment women experience working on personal
office and congressional committee staffs. Recommended for
academic, law, and public libraries with strong women's studies
collections."-Library Journal
"The book is well and engagingly written and rich with reactions to
the politics of Congress by the women who serve there. Undoubtedly,
students will enjoy the stories of individual Congresswomen and
staffers."-Women & Politics
"The Foerstels open this study with an overview of the history of
women elected to Congress, providing a context for the myriad
challenges and obstacles faced by women in the political arena.
With keen insights, they illuminate the process of party politics
and offer a critique of the committee system. This analysis touches
on those issues pertinent to women. In essence, they indicate there
is little cause for optimism while the male-dominant power
structure is still in control."-Booklist
"The Foerstels provide an excellent account of the battle of the
sexes in Congress... Women are not key players on the standing
committees, nor are they entrenched in the leadership of either
party. Yet women are important to the success or failure of
congressional members in their staff roles, as they account for
about 60 percent of all staff (although they still serve
disproportionately in the lower-paying jobs). The prognosis for
women in this book is not overly optimistic, but it is realistic.
Women are still 'climbing the hill, ' and will be doing so for
decades in their attempt to rival men in political power. Upper
division undergraduates through faculty."-Choice
"Karen Foerstel and Herbert Foerstel...bring their researching
skills and 'insider' information together to trace the history of
women's slow, not always steady, struggle to attain election to and
power in Congress. In the second half of their book, they document
with interesting anecdotal examples the difficulties Congresswomen
have continually faced getting respect and recognition from their
male colleagues. The final section is a fascinating report of the
discrimination and harassment women experience working on personal
office and congressional committee staffs. Recommended for
academic, law, and public libraries with strong women's studies
collections."-Library Journal
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