The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women's Quest for the American Presidency

by Ellen Fitzpatrick

Book Overview

In The Highest Glass Ceiling, best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick tells the story of three remarkable women who set their sights on the American presidency. Victoria Woodhull (1872), Margaret Chase Smith (1964), and Shirley Chisholm (1972) each challenged persistent barriers confronted by women presidential candidates. Their quest illuminates today's political landscape, showing that Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign belongs to a much...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067408893X
• ISBN13: 9780674088931
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"