Changing History: Women, Power and Politics - Hardcover

Ferraro, Geraldine A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 155921077X ISBN 13: 9781559210775

Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

Used. Very Good conditions. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner.

About this title

From Library Journal

Politician and feminist Ferraro affirms her commitment to the Democratic Party and women's causes in this collection of campaign speeches and commentaries. Beginning with her 1984 vice presidential acceptance speech and ending with her statement before the 1993 Helsinki Commission on rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ferraro passionately addresses issues currently facing the United States. Among these are public ethics, bigotry, family needs, sexual equality, and the healthcare crisis. Her disdain for past Republican leaders and their approaches to these problems permeates her discussions. Adding credibility to her views are references to personal challenges like growing up in a home headed by a single, working mother. Ferraro's tone of urgency and concern carry these speeches beyond traditional campaign rhetoric. This book should appeal to informed citizens, feminists, and political activists.
- Carol A. McAllister, Coll. of William & Mary Lib., Williamsburg, Va.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly

Ferraro partisans will find useful nuggets in this collection of speeches--ranging from Ferraro's acceptance of the Democratic Vice-Presidential nomination in 1984 to addresses from 1992 and 1993--but to others the book may appear to be mostly political boilerplate. The author suits her subjects to her occasions, discussing ethics at a college graduation, volunteerism before a Rotary club and Israel at a Jewish forum. Most interesting are speeches in which she shows some edge, examining anti-Italian bigotry, prejudice she experienced against herself as a young woman lawyer and what she has learned from her role as a mother ("Anyone who can get a six-, a four-, and a two-year-old to share has the skills it takes to later succeed in Congress.") Her stump speeches from her unsuccessful 1992 Senate campaign in New York don't always reach this level, suggesting that Ferraro is a hardworking but unexceptional campaigner.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 155921077X
• ISBN 13: 9781559210775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 193