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xviii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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"Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the most beloved boss ladies in Congress: a celebration of Representative Maxine Waters, who reclaimed her time and led the first calls for impeachment"--
Maxine Waters, the longest serving Black woman in the US House of Representatives, has been in public service for more than forty years. The first woman and the first African American chair of the House Financial Services...
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xviii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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Part of a four-book series celebrating women in congress, this biography of the historic, trailblazing Speaker of the House describes how being the daughter of a Congressman and Democratic party organizer in Maryland prepared her to play the political game.
Nancy Pelosi's presence behind the Speaker's rostrum is an reminder that the old and tired guard, the cobwebbed patriarchy that has been Congress for ages, is a dying one. As the power broker...
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xviii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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"Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the most beloved boss ladies in Congress: a celebration of AOC, the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress and its newest superstar"--
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204 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Español
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"Una celebración de AOC, la mujer más joven en servir en el Congreso y su nueva superestrella. No hace mucho, nadie podía imaginarse que una latina de veintiocho años se postulase para el Congreso en representación de Queens y el Bronx: era necesario enfrentarse a la maquinaria política de la ciudad, casi exclusivamente blanca y exclusivamente masculina. Pero desde que Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apareció en la escena con toda su gloria, tweets...
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