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Contents INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................1 PART I: FORMER WOMEN MEMBERS Chapter I: "I'm No Lady, I'm a Member of Congress": Women Pioneers on Capitol Hill, 1917 1934.................................................................. 18 Chapter II: Onto the National Stage: Congresswomen in an Age of Crises, 1935 1954..................................................................................................................... 136 Chapter III: A Changing of the Guard: Traditionalists, Feminists, and the New Face of Women in Congress, 1955 1976.......................................................................................................................324 Chapter IV: Assembling, Amplifying, and Ascending: Recent Trends Among Women in Congress, 1977 2006.......................................................................................................................542 PART II: CURRENT WOMEN MEMBERS................................................................................................................... 779 APPENDICES................................................................................................................ 930 INDEX........................................................................................................................... 1000
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United States. Congress -- Biography.
Women legislators -- United States -- Biography.