The Highest Glass Ceiling

Name: The Highest Glass Ceiling
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Ellen Fitzpatrick
ISBN: 9781666593259

Author: Ellen Fitzpatrick

Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin

Unabridged: 7 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 02/08/2016

Categories: Nonfiction, Political Science, American Government, Women In Politics, Social Science, Women's Studies

Synopsis

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.

About Ellen Fitzpatrick

Ellen Fitzpatrick is the University of New Hampshire historian that millions of people have seen on TV-every night during the 2004 Democratic Convention and regularly on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ever since. Fitzpatrick is an active scholar of American history and has written several books. She rights the wrongs of misrepresented facts and often, she simply uses the past to shed light on the present.

About Jo Anna Perrin

Jo Anna Perrin is an accomplished audiobook narrator and actor who has appeared in film and television as well as on stage in New York and Los Angeles. Independent of her acting and voiceover work, she is a published author and a professional photographer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Biblio on July 08, 2016

I listened to the audio version of The Highest Glass Ceiling, which I enjoyed very much, but it left me remembering what I miss when I listen to, rather than read, a nonfiction book. Footnotes (or end notes), and bibliography, as well as any photographs or other illustrations are not a part of the a......more

Goodreads review by Abi on November 05, 2016

Victoria Woodhull, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, and Rep. Shirley Chisholm walk into a bar. It is fully stocked and has a gorgeous glass ceiling that could survive the storm of German naval destroyers that Maggie wanted the prePearl Harbor isolationist country to be prepared for! Rebellious women with......more

Goodreads review by Dionne on April 05, 2017

I'm not sure I had even heard of Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Chase Smith or Shirley Chisholm before reading this book. I found this book to be a delightful introduction to learning about their lives and how they paved the way for women in politics. While, some may consider their runs for the preside......more

Goodreads review by Rick on December 30, 2018

The stories of three of the first women to run for the American Presidency. One thing that struck me is that the same arguments used against women candidates in the past are familiar to today's women candidates. Out of the three women profiled, Victoria Woodhull (1872), Senator Margaret Chase Smith......more

Goodreads review by Cherisse on July 09, 2017

Expertly written in accessible prose, this book chronicles the little known stories of three women whose presidential ambitions served as the historical launching pad for Hilary Clinton's campaign in 2016.......more