| Women and Politics Reading Group |
Professor Sally J. Kenney, director of the Center on Women and Public
Policy, and Mary Rosenthal, DFL Education Foundation, founded the Women
and Politics Reading Group in the spring of 2003.
Since then, the group meets every other month to discuss books on women
and politics aimed at a general audience.
We welcome all men and women, students, faculty, and staff, elected officials,
community activists, and voracious readers.
You may pick and choose among the topics that interest you or come every
time.
Our book group was featured in UMNnews!
"Women
and politics: Bringing them together in a Humphrey School reading group"
(UMNnews, August 20, 2004)
Upcoming readings
| Wednesday, September 16, 2009
5 p.m. Room 205 Humphrey Center
30 Ways of Looking at Hillary,
by Susan Morrison
Discussants:
Kathleen Laughlin - Professor of History and Chair, Department of History
Metropolitan State University
Professor Laughlin teaches courses on women, law and public policy and
is currently writing a book about her experience working in several
states on the Hillary campaign.
Rebecca Moskow -
Ph.D. candidate, Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies,
University of Minnesota
Rebecca is writing an article on feminist relationships with and
reactions to the Hillary campaign. |
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
5 p.m. Room 205 Humphrey Center
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First
Woman President, by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Discussants:
Ahmed Sirleaf - Program Associate, The Advocates for Human Rights. Ahmed K. Sirleaf II is focused on coordinating community outreach for
the Liberian TRC Diaspora Project.
Laura Young - Staff Attorney, The Advocates for Human Rights. As part of her work with The Advocates, Laura spent a day traveling
with "Ma Ellen" in Liberia.
Kadra Abdi - Student, Humphrey School
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
5 p.m. - 205 Humphrey Center
 Parlor Politics: In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government, by Catherine Allgor
Discussants:
Lisa Norling - Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota. Professor Norling teaches a course on women in colonial America and
specializes in gender and class in early America.
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The book group meets in the Freeman Commons (Room #205) at the Humphrey
Center, University of Minnesota. Click here for parking
& directions.
Discussions are led by Sally Kenney, the Center on Women & Public
Policy.
Books can be found at Amazon
Bookstore Cooperative or at Amazon.com.
Past readings
Here's what we've been reading. Click on links to see more about the
books from their publishers websites.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
5 p.m. - 205 Humphrey Center
Jeannette Rankin, America's Conscience
by Norma Smith
Montana Historical Society Press; 2002 |
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
5 p.m. - 205 Humphrey Center
 Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe
McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and
Workers, Rallied Against War and for the Planet, and Shook Up Politics
Along the Way
by Suzanne Braun Levine
Editor Mary Thom, Editor Farrar, Straus and Giroux (December 9, 2008)
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
5 p.m. - 205 Humphrey Center
 Pauli Murray: The Autobiography of a Black Activist, Feminist, Lawyer, Priest and Poet
by Pauli Murray
University of Tennessee Press (June 1989) |
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
5 p.m. - 205 Humphrey Center
Women Transforming Congress
By Cindy Simon Rosenthal
University of Oklahoma Press, 2002 |
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
5 p.m. - 205 Humphrey Center
Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching
by Paula Giddings
Amistad, 2008
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
5 p.m. - 205 Humphrey Center
 Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi's Life, Times, and Rise to Power
(Hardcover) by Marc Sandalow
Modern Times, 2008. |
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
5 p.m. - 205 Humphrey Center
 Barbara Jordan: American Hero (Paperback) by Mary Beth Rogers. Bantam, 2000. |
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
5 p.m. - 205 Humphrey Center
 She's No Lady: Politics, Family, and International Feminism (Hardcover) by Arvonne Fraser (Author), Lori Sturdevant (Editor), Garrison Keillor (Introduction). Nodin Press, 2007. |
March 5th, 2008
 Saturday's Child: A Memoir (Hardcover) by Robin Morgan. W.W. Norton & Company, 2000 |
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January 23rd, 2008
 The Education of Jane Addams by Victoria Bissell Brown. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. |
October 17, 1007
 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. New York: Free Press, 2007. |
November 28, 2007
 The Solitude of Self: Thinking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Vivian Gornick. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. |
September 12, 2007
 The Case for Hillary Clinton by Susan Estrich. New York: Harper Collins, 2005. |
September 12, 2007
 The Case against Hillary Clinton by Peggy Noonan. New York: Harper Collins, 2000.
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June 6, 2007
 A
Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown. New York: Anchor,
1992. |
April 4, 2007
 Republican
Women: Feminism and Conservatism from Suffrage through the Rise
of the New Right by Catherine Rymph. Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press, 2006. |
February 7, 2007
 Candidate:
The Truth Behind the Presidential Campaign by Emily O'Reilly. Dublin:
Attic Press, 1991.
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September 13, 2006
 Wilma Mankiller: A Chief and Her People by Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis. New York: St. Martin's Griffith, 1993.
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November 1, 2006
 What
Women Really Want by Celinda Lake, Kellyanne Conway, and Cahterine
Witney New York: Free Press, 2005.
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December 6, 2006
 Coya
Come Home by Gretchen Urnes Beito. L.A.: Pomegrante Press, 1990.
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June 28, 2006
 Mary
Vavrus. 2002. Postfeminism News: Political Women in Media Culture.
Albany: SUNY Press.
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April 26, 2006
 Lillian
Fadermann. 1999. To Believe in Women: What Lesbians have Done for
America -- A History. Boston: Houghton Miflin. |
February 22, 2006
 Lawless,
Jennifer and Fox, Richard. 2005. It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't
Run for Office. Cambridge University Press. |
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December 14, 2005
 Goldsmith,
Barbara. 1998. Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and
the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull. NY, NY: AA Knopf. |
August 3, 2005
 Harpaz,
Beth J. 2001. The Girls in the Van: Covering Hillary. New York,
NY: St martin's Press.
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June 22, 2005
 Baumgardner,
Jennifer & Richards, Amy. 2005. Grassroots: A Field Guide for
Feminist Activism. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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May 4, 2005
 Flanders,
Laura. 2004. Bush Women: Tales of a Cynical Species. New York: Verso.
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March 23, 2005
 Rowe-Finkbeiner,
Kristin. 2004. The F Word: Feminism in Jeopardy, Women, Politics,
and the Future. Emeryville, CA: Seal. |
February 2, 2005
 Painter,
Nell Irvin. 1996. Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol. New
York: W.W. Norton & Company.
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December 1, 2004
 Clift,
Eleanor. 2003. Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons.
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October 20, 2004
 Brazile,
Donna. 2004. Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American
Politics. New York:
Simon & Schuster.
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September 1, 2004
 Roberts,
Cokie. 2004. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation. New York: William Morrow.
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June 16, 2004
 Wilson,
Marie C. 2004. Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run
the World. New York: Viking.
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April 7, 2004
 Albright,
Madeleine & William Woodward. 2003. Madam Secretary. New York: Miramax Books.
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February 11, 2004
 Clift,
Eleanor & Tom Brazaitis. 2000. Madam President: Shattering
The Last Glass Ceiling. New York: Scriber.
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December 10, 2003
 Whitney,
Catherine. 2001. Nine and Counting: the Women of the Senate.
New York: Perennial.
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October 15, 2003
 Estrich,
Susan. 2000. Sex and Power. New York: Riverhead Books.
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July 30, 2003
 Clinton,
Hillary Rodham. 2003. Living History. New York: Simon and
Shuster.
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May 28, 2003
 Norton,
Eleanor Holmes, Joan Steinau Lester, & Coretta Scott King. 2003. Fire in My Soul. New York: Atria Books.
This groundbreaking piece chronicles Norton's personal and political
journey to Congress, where she has been nicknamed "Warrior
on the Hill" for her civil rights advocacy. After more than
four decades as a crusader for civil rights and free speech, Norton
has been at the center of some of the most pivotal moments in contemporary
American history. Elected to represent D.C. in Congress in 1990,
her accomplishments also include writing national sexual harassment
guidelines, arguing before the Supreme Court, and earning a Senate
hearing for Anita Hill. |
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