See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics

See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics

by Caitlin Moscatello
See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics

See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics

by Caitlin Moscatello

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Overview

*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Editor's Choice Pick*

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
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

Caitlin Moscatello is a journalist and writer covering gender, reproductive rights, and politics, who has been reporting on the surge of female candidates since it began in early 2017. In recent years, she has been nominated for a National Magazine Award; received a Front Page Award and a Planned Parenthood Media Excellence Award; and has been a United Nations press fellow reporting on women’s health issues. She’s also the founder of Repro, a newsletter about reproductive rights legislation at the state and federal levels. Moscatello’s writing has appeared in outlets including The CutElle, Medium, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Glamour, Refinery29, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Sports Illustrated, Fast Company, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She lives in Manhattan.

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

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