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You've Come a Long Way, Maybe

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Macmillan, Oct 13, 2009 - Political Science - 224 pages

Leslie Sanchez -- strategist, writer and political seer -- spent much of 2008 as an analyst on CNN, examining, investigating and deciphering the historic moment for women and politics that was the presidential election. And what she sees in the future is a landscape changed drastically for women the world over and their expectations. In You've Come a Long Way, Maybe, she debunks the cultural and political myths surrounding women, and looks at the wide range of reactions Hillary, Michelle and Sarah provoked from the small towns to the big city salons to the Sunday talk shows. She pays special attention to those most active and most examined during the election: the disappointed Hillary supporters, the rabid Sarah Palin fans, and everyone else wondering about the role of the new First Lady. Along the way, Leslie takes a hard look at what the election will mean for women now and in the future, and also at what leaders might emerge in 2012, and beyond.


  

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Review: You've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary, and the Shaping of the New American Woman

User Review  - Leeanna - Goodreads

You've Come A Long Way, Maybe, by Leslie Sanchez I found this book quite interesting, as when I watched election coverage in 2008, I was struck by the unfairness of the media toward Hillary Clinton ... Read full review

Review: You've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary, and the Shaping of the New American Woman

User Review  - Kristina Klausser - Goodreads

Overall, I found the book interesting and thought provoking. There were a few moments where I saw the partisanship of the author creeping in and proving the exact opposite of what she was saying ... Read full review

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Contents

Youve Come a Long Way Maybe
1
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuits
19
The Palin Effect
45
Womens Groups and Sarah Palin Is Palin a Feminist?
77
What it Takes Steel Magnolias
97
From the Kitchen to the Kitchen Cabinet
123
Ladies First
139
Whats Next We Won the Battles When Will We Win the War?
165
What Do Women Do NOW? The Need to Nationally Organize Women
179
Notes
195
Index
209
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About the author (2009)

Leslie Sanchez is a Republican strategist and former adviser to President George W. Bush, a frequent columnist and part of CNN’s award-winning team covering the 2008 election. In 2003 she founded Impacto Group LLC, which specializes in defining social and economic trends affecting women and the emerging U.S. Hispanic community. Sanchez's analysis has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, as well as all the networks and on such shows as NBC's "Nightly News," the "Today" show and PBS's News Hour with Jim Lehrer.

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