Trailblazing Governors: Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introducing the Trailblazing Governors

  • Six Remarkable Women
  • The Call of Politics
  • Governor: The Job Description
  • The Complexity of Leadership
  • Dealing with the Press
  • Gender and Politics
  • Women Candidates: Barriers and Hurdles
  • An Invitation

Chapter 2 Women Rising: Historical Context

  • The Women Who Came Before
  • Women in Elected Office
  • Women Governors
  • Women in Congress
  • The Early Women in Congress
  • Feminists Arrive in Congress
  • The Rising Tide: Emergence of the Women’s Movement
  • Reproductive Freedom
  • The Struggle to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
  • Backdrop for Governing in the 1970s to 1990s
  • Feminism: Liberal, Radical and Difference
  • Liberal versus Radical Feminism
  • Difference Feminism

Chapter 3 Ella Tambussi Grasso: “Bloom Where You Are Planted”

  • Becoming Who You Are
  • Mount Holyoke’s Influence
  • Love, Marriage, and Family
  • The Journey to the Governor’s Office
  • Secretary of the State
  • U.S. Congress
  • Running for Governor
  • Working Wonders: The Essence of Governing
  • Ella’s Leadership Style
  • Ella’s Policy Agenda
  • Reelection: A Different Reality
  • Leaving Office
  • The Difference Gender Made
  • Sustaining Values
  • Ella’s Legacy

Chapter 4 Dixy Lee Ray: The Ultimate Political Outsider

  • Growing Up
  • Education: The Road to Independence
  • Career in Science
  • The Atomic Energy Commission
  • Running for Governor
  • Working Wonders: The Essence of Governing
  • Policy Agenda
  • The Environment
  • Nuclear Power
  • Supertankers on the Puget Sound
  • The Press War
  • Dixy Defeated in the 1980 Democratic Primary
  • What Made Dixy Tick
  • The Difference Gender Made
  • After the Governorship

Chapter 5 Martha Layne Collins: You Must First Be a Dreamer

  • Growing Up
  • Marriage, Family, and Her Political Journey
  • The Political Turning Point
  • Running for Governor
  • The Role of First Gentleman
  • Working Wonders: The Essence of Governing
  • The Policy Agenda
  • Education Reform
  • Economic Development
  • The Difference Gender Made
  • Leadership Style
  • After the Governorship
  • Reaching Beyond Tomorrow

Chapter 6 Madeleine May Kunin: Leading Differently

  • Growing Up
  • Career, Marriage, and Family
  • Political Journey
  • Running for Lieutenant Governor
  • Running for Governor
  • Running for Reelection
  • Working Wonders: The Essence of Governing
  • Answering the Mail
  • Hiring Women
  • Handling Conflict and Criticism
  • The Policy Agenda
  • Creating Equity in School Funding
  • Saving Vermont’s Rural Character
  • Stepping Down
  • The Difference Gender Made
  • Weaving a Political Tapestry
  • After the Governorship
  • Reaching Beyond Tomorrow

 Chapter 7 Barbara Hughey Roberts: “I Did it My Way”

  • Growing Up
  • Marriage and Family
  • Remarriage
  • The Political Journey
  • Running for Governor
  • Working Wonders: The Essence of Governing
  • Working Against the Backdrop
  • Reinventing Government
  • The Recall That Never Happened
  • Policy Agenda: Taxes and the Conversation with Oregon
  • Policy Agenda: Timber, the Spotted Owl, and Diversifying the Economy
  • Collaborative Leadership
  • Governor as Role Model
  • Stepping Down
  • After the Governorship
  • Reaching Beyond Tomorrow

 Chapter 8 Christine Todd Whitman: Fighting for Political Center

  • Growing Up
  • Career, Marriage, and Family
  • Beginning the Political Journey
  • Running for U.S. Senate
  • Running for Governor
  • The Ed Rollins Debacle
  • Reelection 1997: A Near-Death Experience
  • Working Wonders: The Essence of Governing
  • The Narrative of Race
  • The Policy Agenda
  • The Battle Over Late Term Abortions
  • The Difference Gender Made
  • The Narrative of Wealth and Limits of Party Loyalty
  • After the Governorship
  • Fighting for the Political Center
  • Reaching Beyond Tomorrow

Chapter 9 Reaching Beyond Tomorrow

  • Variations and Common Threads
  • Sustaining the Journey
  • The Experience of Governing
  • Essential Qualities of the Trailblazing Governors
  • Authenticity and Integrity
  • Self-Confidence
  • Extreme Competence
  • Warmth and Likeability
  • Energy, Optimism, and Enthusiasm
  • The Courage of Trailblazers
  • Trailblazing Governors: Lessons Learned

Appendix I: History of Women Governors from 1925 to 2011

Selected References

Chapter Notes

Acknowledgements

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