Representative Mom: Balancing Budgets, Bill, and Baby in the U.S. Congress - Hardcover

Molinari, Susan; Burkett, Elinor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385492200 ISBN 13: 9780385492201

Publisher: Doubleday, 1998

Synopsis

A memoir of the former congresswoman, traces her political career, family life with Congressman Bill Paxton, and hosting of her own CBS-TV morning show

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About the Author

Cowriter Elinor Burkett is the author of <i>The Right Woman,</i> a book about radically conservative women, <i>The Gravest Show on Earth,</i> about the AIDS crisis, and with Frank Bruni, <i>Consumer Terrorism.</i>  She was nominated for a 1991 Pulitzer Prize for her work with the <i>Miami Herald.</i>  She lives in Hobart, New York.

From the Inside Flap

, funny, and human story of an ordinary working mother's adventures in extraordinary places: Susan Molinari, the highest-ranking woman ever to serve in the U.S.  Congress, now host of "CBS News Saturday Morning".<br><br>She was the youngest person ever elected to the New York City Council.  After her election to the U.S.  Congress, she quickly rose to a leadership position, becoming the highest-ranking woman ever to serve in that body and one of the most popular politicians in the country.<br><br>Her appeal lay in her commitment and in her personality.  <i>USA Today</i> praised her as "one of the most visible baby-boomer advocates for women's issues." <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> said Molinari has "a smile so wide that her eyes have to close to make room for it on her face." She was the keynote speaker at the 1996 Republican National Convention, an early and forceful advocate for intervention in Bosnia, and a

Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385492200
• ISBN 13: 9780385492201
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 291