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700 1 _aBrillScheuer Alida
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245 0 2 _aA rising public voice :
_bwomen in politics worldwide /
_cedited and with an introduction by Alida Brill ; foreword by Gertrude Mongella.
260 _aNew York :
_bFeminist Press at the City University of New York,
_c1995.
300 _axv, 284 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references(p. [267]-278).
505 0 _aForeword / Gertrude Mongella -- Introduction / Alida Brill -- Not for Want of Trying: Women in Australian and New Zealand Politics, 1893-1994 / Janine Haines -- The Impact of German Unification on Women: Losses and Gains / Hanna Beate Schoepp-Schilling -- A Conversation with Wu Qing / Isabel Crook, Lu Dongxiao and Lisa Stearns -- Political Women and Women's Politics in India / Radha Kumar -- Blaga Dimitrova: A Voice for Change / Valentina Stoev -- The Feminist behind the Spokeswoman: A Candid Talk with Hanan Ashwari / Rabab Hadi -- Israeli Women in Two Voices: A Dialogue between Generations / Ilana Bet-El and Lilly Rivlin -- From Prison Cell to Parliament / Thenjiwe Mtintso -- Mitsui Mariko: Feminist Assemblywoman / Emiko Kaya -- Portugal: Daring to Be Different / Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo -- Profiles and Portraits. Carol Moseley Braun. Eugenia Charles. Vigdis Finnbogadottir. Barbara Jordan. Irina Khakamada. Ann Richards. Mary Robinson. Margaret Thatcher. Simone Veil -- A Political Triple Whammy / Diane Abbott -- Martin, What Should I Do Now? / Bella Abzug -- The 30 Percent Quota Law: A Turning Point for Women's Political Participation in Argentina / Gloria Bonder and Marcela Nari -- Women in Parliamentary Life / Marilyn Waring -- From Movement to Government: Women's Political Integration in Norway / Hege Skjeie -- EMILY's List: Overcoming Barriers to Political Participation / David Lauter -- Guatemala: A Story of Tragedy and Promise / Rigoberta Menchu -- The Dance of Life: Women and Human Rights in Chile / Marjorie Agosin -- Women, Information, and the Future: The Women of Kenya and the Green Belt Movement / Wangari Maathai -- Sultana's Dream / Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain -- She Who Would Be King / Ama Ata Aidoo.
650 0 _aWomen in politics
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650 0 _aWomen in public life
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