See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics
336See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics
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Overview
From an award-winning journalist covering gender and politics comes an inside look at the female candidates fighting back and winning elections in the crucial 2018 midterms.
After November 8, 2016, first came the sadness; then came the rage, the activism, and the protests; and, finally, for thousands of women, the next step was to run for office—many of them for the first time. More women campaigned for local or national office in the 2018 election cycle than at any other time in US history, challenging accepted notions about who seeks power and who gets it.
Journalist Caitlin Moscatello reported on this wave of female candidates for New York magazine’s The Cut, Glamour, and Elle. And in See Jane Win, she further documents this pivotal time in women’s history. Closely following four candidates throughout the entire process, from the decision to run through Election Day, See Jane Win takes readers inside their exciting, winning campaigns and the sometimes thrilling, sometimes brutal realities of running for office while female.
MEET THE CANDIDATES:
Abigail Spanberger, a mom of three young girls and a former CIA operative, running for Congress in Virginia to unseat Freedom Caucus member Dave Brat.
Catalina Cruz, a Colombian-born attorney whose state assembly bid could make her the first Dreamer elected in New York and only the third in the country.
Anna Eskamani, an Iranian-American woman running for state office in Florida, with a campaign motivated by her mother’s health-care struggles and the Pulse Nightclub shootings.
London Lamar, a Memphis native looking to become the youngest female representative in the Tennessee state house, running in one of the only Democratic and Black-majority areas of a largely conservative state.
Beyond the 2018 victories, Moscatello speaks with researchers, strategists, and the leaders of organizations that helped women win. What she discovers is that the candidates who triumphed in 2018 emphasized authenticity and passion instead of conforming to the stereotype of what a candidate should look or sound like, a formula that will be more relevant than ever as we approach the 2020 presidential election.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781524742928 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 08/27/2019 |
Pages: | 336 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I The Candidates 13
Chapter 1 Abigail Spanberger
The Resistance Comes for the Ballot: Spring 2017 15
Chapter 2 Meet the Class of 2018
Candidate Training: Summer 2017 34
Chapter 3 The 2017 Elections and London Lamar
Big Wins, Campaign Launches, and a Glimpse of What's to Come: Fall 2017 and Winter 2018 58
Chapter 4 Anna Eskamani
Testing a Progressive Agenda in a Purple District: Spring 2018 83
Chapter 5 Catalina Cruz
A Former Dreamer Takes On Trump: Spring 2018 98
Part II The Campaigns 109
Chapter 6 Take the Money and Run
Fundraising: Spring and Summer 2018 111
Chapter 7 On the Record
Media: Late Spring and Summer 2018 131
Chapter 8 Unbought and Unbossed
Candidates of Color: Summer 2018 145
Chapter 9 When Mom's the Candidate
Childcare, Breastfeeding, and Public Perception: Fall 2018 170
Chapter 10 Offense and Defense
Attack Ads, Trolls, and Debates: Fall 2018 186
Part III The Victories 205
Chapter 11 Primaries
The Blue Wave Is Pink: Fall 2018 207
Chapter 12 A Reckoning
The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing, #MeToo, and the Final Push: Fall 2018 225
Chapter 13 Election Night
Historic Wins for Women: November 2018 240
Chapter 14 The Future Is Here
Swearing In and the First Few Weeks in Office: Winter 2019 253
Chapter 15 2020 Vision
2019 and Beyond 275
Acknowledgments 287
Notes on Sources 289
Index 311