Jeannette Rankin: A Political Woman
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607324652 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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L. Palmer said A Uninspiring Look at an Inspirational Woman. James J. Lopach and Jean A. Luckowski's biography of Jeannette Rankin entitled Jeannette Rankin: A Political Woman attempts to address the influences of one of the most iconic women in politics. It does so in an interesting format, providing readers with an overview of her life and then organizing the rest of the wo. "Deeply Dishonest" according to Jeanmarie Simpson. This book is not biography. It is pulp fiction. The authors clearly went in with an agenda and set out to discredit the life and work of a great world figure and American hero. What's more, the "editorial reviews" cited have clearly not read Kevin Giles' Flight of the Dove, which is anything but "hagiography." It is. "Very Unusually Successful American Politician" according to roger G. burkholder. Will this book inspire Edward Albee to author, say, "The Birth of Jeannette Rankin" to complement his "The Death of Bessie Smith" the way one of his newer play complements one of his earliest? He has questioned the value of all war like any normal human, even in the United States. Rankin's reaction to her first-term
"If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier." -Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973)
Lopach and Jean A. Luckowski have set out to correct this with their Jeannette Rankin. The two professors at the University of Montana have produced the first fully rounded portrait of this conflicted American pioneer: her firebrand devotion to women's suffrage and peace are here; but also her stubborn ambition, her neediness, and her casual racism in the service of ending discrimination against her sex. "The handful of published biographies of Jeannette Rankin have been so disappointing; either frank hagiography or two-dimensional treatmentsJames J. Lopach and Luckowski have taken full advantage of the trove of Rankinalia collected in Montana Jeannette Rankin is thoroughly researched."Women's Review of Books, 23:5, Sept/Oct 2006