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

Fitzpatrick, Ellen

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9781520000213: The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women's Quest for the American Presidency

ISBN 10: 1520000219 ISBN 13: 9781520000213

Publisher: Dreamscape Media Llc, 2016

Since Victoria Woodhull launched her symbolic bid for the presidency in 1872, dozens of women have sought the presidency over the past 150 years. Their quest began long before women won the vote and it unfolded over decades when a woman's pursuit of any higher political office was met with prejudice, mockery, and hostility. Even after women started voting in 1920, they remained shut-out of rooms where presidential candidacies were often born. Whether a woman will break through the glass ceiling during the current election cycle is uncertain, Fitzpatrick acknowledges. But it will happen sooner or later.

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Review:

'Ellen Fitzpatrick breaks the second-highest glass ceiling: writing a history of political women that reads like a murder mystery while managing to elevate the office of president despite recent electoral buffoonery. It's a neat trick that kept me turning pages to find out what happened next. Like the politicos whose audacity, gusto and brainpower she admires, Fitzpatrick is that entertaining.... those eager to curl up with a good read on a Saturday afternoon will find the hours passing quickly. They might also become eager to cheer for a female president at last.' - Times Higher Education

'Women's quest for the U.S. presidency has been long and arduous and Ellen Fitzpatrick, a superb scholar and writer, is the perfect author for this fascinating and overdue history. This book is a triumph, and an inspiration.' - --Theda Skocpol, Harvard University

'Ellen Fitzpatrick's engaging The Highest Glass Ceiling ... [tells] the entertaining, if ultimately depressing, stories of some women in the past who have failed [ to run for President].' - -- New Statesman

About the Author:

Ellen Fitzpatrick, a professor and scholar specializing in modern American political and intellectual history, is the author and editor of six books. The Carpenter Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire, where she has been recognized for Excellence in Public Service, Fitzpatrick lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

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