Eleanor Clift TOPICS: Government / Politics Liberal Politics Spouse Programs Media / Broadcast / Print Environment Life Balance FEE CATEGORY:* 5.0k to 10.0k TRAVELS FROM: Virginia Video Profile Program Outlines Testimonials/Client List Books & Videos Request This Speaker

Eleanor Clift: Books & Videos

Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment


After seventy-two arduous years, the fate of the suffrage movement and its masterwork, the Nineteenth Amendment, rested not only on one state, Tennessee, but on the shoulders of a single man: twenty-four-year-old legislator Harry Burn. Burn had previously voted with the antisuffrage forces. If he did so again, the vote would be tied and the amendment would fall one state short of the thirty-six necessary for ratification. At the last minute, though, Harry Burn’s mother convinced him to vote in favor of the suffragist, and American history was forever changed.

In this riveting account, political analyst Eleanor Clift chronicles the many thrilling twists and turns of the suffrage struggle and shows how the issues and arguments that surrounded the movement still reverberate today. Beginning with the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention of 1848, Clift introduces the movement’s leaders, recounts the marches and demonstrations, and profiles the opposition—antisuffragists, both men and women, who would do anything to stop women from getting the vote.

Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment mines the many rich stories buried deep within this tumultuous period of our history.

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Election 2004: How Bush Won and What You Can Expect in the Future


A full year before the presidential election, four Newsweek reporters are detached from the magazine to work fulltime on getting inside the campaigns of the Republican and Democratic candidates. Because Newsweek promises not to reveal any information until after the votes are cast, the reporters receive highly unusual access. They travel with the candidates, live at their headquarters, befriend their staffs. They blend into the background, where they watch and listen. The result is a rich narrative, a telling, human, and personal story of the extraordinary ordeal of running for the presidency.

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Madam President: Women Blazing the Leadership Trail


Will the United States elect a female president? And if so, when? Soon, according to Eleanor Clift and Tom Brazaitis, in this updated and revised version of Madame President. A chronicle of the remarkable progress of women in politics, this work offers a forward-looking history of women in government. From envelope stuffing in the 1960s to the prospect of a woman president in the next decade, Clift and Brazaitis present stories of passion, set backs, determination, and triumph. From former representative Geraldine Ferraro, Maggie Thatcher, and EMILY's list to Elizabeth Dole and Hillary Clinton's campaigns in 2000, this reader offers behind the scenes narratives, the wisdom of hindsight, and hopes for the future.

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