ELLEN R. MALCOLM is the founder and chair of EMILY's List, one of the most successful political organizations in the country. She lives in Washington, D.C. CRAIG UNGER, contributing editor to Vanity Fair, is the New York Times best-selling author of House of Bush, House of Saud, and Boss Rove. He lives in New York City.
"Superwoman Ellen R. Malcolm, with Craig Unger, heroically
continues to beat the drum for female equality in When Women
Win."
--Vanity Fair "Malcolm, the founder of EMILY's List, delivers a
lively, fast-paced history of the influential political action
committee that helps elect pro-choice, Democratic women. Drawing on
interviews with Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren,
and others, she highlights the organization's impact on elections
over the past 30 years, most notably by giving selected candidates
donations early in their campaigns (EMILY is an acronym for "early
money is like yeast"). The book covers EMILY's List's evolution,
since its 1985 founding, from a fund-raising organization to a
"multi-pronged, full-service political operation" with three
million members that has helped elect 110 Democratic women to the
House and 19 to the Senate, including Warren. Malcolm also
emphasizes the dramatic effect of Anita Hill's testimony on the
female electorate and the importance of women voters to the
Democratic Party. The book shows that EMILY's List's biggest
contribution may be to make women in Congress seem so familiar that
voters are now far more likely to judge women on their records and
character than on their gender."
--Publishers Weekly "Prose as polished as a campaign
speech...narrative of sweeping change for women, coming in the
midst of a presidential campaign when one woman in particular could
make history.".
--Booklist
"An inspiring portrait of a gutsy activist who produced a
transformation in the political landscape."
--Kirkus "Women had to fight first for the vote, and then for the
right to be voted for. No one but no one has been more crucial to
this on-going struggle than Ellen Malcolm, and no one has more
revealing stories to tell, her own plus those of women candidates
in all our diversity. When Women Win will give you faith that this
country might one day become a democracy."
--Gloria Steinem "Ellen Malcolm's fascinating behind-the-scenes
journey of women in politics is a must-read, sure to engage. It's
an important and richly narrated reminder to women of why, 'If
you're not at the table, you're on the menu.'"
--Jessica Valenti, founder of Feministing.com and author of Full
Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters
"It's no wonder that three quarters of the women in Congress are
Democrats. When Women Win is both a rip-roaring political tale and
an inspirational blueprint--with every trade secret revealed--of
how and why Democratic women have been on the rise in electoral
politics for three decades."
--Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader "This is the inspiring,
fascinating story of the most potent women's political movement in
the modern era--now 3 million members strong, built one woman at a
time--that effectively broke up the "old boys club" in American
politics and paved the way for the kind of grassroots fundraising
that made our government more democratic."
--Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont and Chair of the
Democratic National Committee
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