Lurleen Burns Wallace; The Power of the First Lady Governor

ISBN-13: 9781433165726 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 224 str.

Laura Merrifield Wilson

Opis

Lurleen Burns Wallace: The Power of the First Lady Governor introduces the political landscape of Alabama politics through the 1960s and recognizes the limited role women played in state politics and establishes the historical climate and tenuous politics through which Lurleen would later overcome in her landmark election.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations - Acknowledgments - Introduction - Get Your Running Shoes On - Me for Ma - No Skirt? - The Governor Is a Mother - Petticoat Politics - Health and Hope - The Parade She Never Wanted - Bibliography.

O autorze

Laura Merrifield Wilson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Indianapolis. She earned her PhD, MPA, and MA at the University of Alabama and her MA and BA from Ohio University. She has published extensively on state government and women in politics.