Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Women of the 89th Congress
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Women of the 89th Congress
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women in politics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Women in Congress, 1917-1976
Author: Susan J. TolchinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Commemoration of the Bicentennial.
The Women's National Press Club Salutes the 89th Congress
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Women's National Press Club salutes the 89th Congress. Program: New faces of 1965: Joint Armed Forces color guard, Vice President-elect Hubert H. Humphrey, Senator George Murphy of California, Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York, Senator Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota, Senator Joseph D. Tydings of Maryland, Senator Ross Bass of Tennessee, Senator Joseph M. Montoya of Mexico, Senator Paul J. Fannin of Arizona, Senator Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma, Representative Patsy T. Mink of Hawaii, Representative Jed Johnson of Oklahoma. New titles of 1965: Majority whip of the Senate: Russell B. Long of Louisiana, Minority leader of the House: Representative Gerald R. Ford of Michigan, Chairman of the Republican Party Conference: Representative Melvin R. Laird of Wisconsin.
Women Clerkships in Executive Department
Author: The Fierce Urgency of Now
Author: Julian E. ZelizerPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101605499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A majestic big-picture account of the Great Society and the forces that shaped it, from Lyndon Johnson and members of Congress to the civil rights movement and the media Between November 1963, when he became president, and November 1966, when his party was routed in the midterm elections, Lyndon Johnson spearheaded the most transformative agenda in American political history since the New Deal, one whose ambition and achievement have had no parallel since. In just three years, Johnson drove the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts; the War on Poverty program; Medicare and Medicaid; the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities; Public Broadcasting; immigration liberalization; a raft of consumer and environmental protection acts; and major federal investments in public transportation. Collectively, this group of achievements was labeled by Johnson and his team the “Great Society.” In The Fierce Urgency of Now, Julian E. Zelizer takes the full measure of the entire story in all its epic sweep. Before Johnson, Kennedy tried and failed to achieve many of these advances. Our practiced understanding is that this was an unprecedented “liberal hour” in America, a moment, after Kennedy’s death, when the seas parted and Johnson could simply stroll through to victory. As Zelizer shows, this view is off-base: In many respects America was even more conservative than it seems now, and Johnson’s legislative program faced bitter resistance. The Fierce Urgency of Now animates the full spectrum of forces at play during these turbulent years, including religious groups, the media, conservative and liberal political action groups, unions, and civil rights activists. Above all, the great character in the book whose role rivals Johnson’s is Congress—indeed, Zelizer argues that our understanding of the Great Society program is too Johnson-centric. He discusses why Congress was so receptive to passing these ideas in a remarkably short span of time and how the election of 1964 and burgeoning civil rights movement transformed conditions on Capitol Hill. Zelizer brings a deep, intimate knowledge of the institution to bear on his story: The book is a master class in American political grand strategy. Finally, Zelizer reckons with the legacy of the Great Society. Though our politics have changed, the heart of the Great Society legislation remains intact fifty years later. In fact, he argues, the Great Society shifted the American political center of gravity—and our social landscape—decisively to the left in many crucial respects. In a very real sense, we are living today in the country that Johnson and his Congress made.
Official Congressional Directory
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
Book Description
Women in the ... Congress
Author: Women of the ... Congress
Author: Women in Congress, 1917-2006
Author: Matthew Andrew WasniewskiPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160767531
Category : Women legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Provides the most comprehensive source available on the 229 women who have served in U.S. House of Representatives and Senate from the first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, to the members of the 109th Congress. Covers the breadth of the story of congressional women. Includes photographs. Indexed. Matthew Wasniewski, Editor. Related Items: Women In Congress, 1917-2017 --epub format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/021-300-00003-9 --MOBI format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/021-300-00004-7 Women on the Frontlines of Peace and Security can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-046-00285-1?ctid=1443 The Women's History collection of publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/taxonomy/term/535/womens-history