that flora fraser be out to the stare before the crowd really fills and if you can start. moving thank you all, thank you for frazier. so wonderfully would all be here tonight.. did you know that all of c-span s american history program to reveal the watch online. go to c-span.org slash history and type your topic of interest into the search box. thousands of programs looking into the people in places that shaped our nation. all available online at c-span.org slash history this session, first ladies impact and influence, will explore the many ways in which first ladies have shaped history as the closest adviser to the president. as advocates for both change and continuity, as well as how the influence america s society, politics, culture, and diplomacy. now, i have a very great pleasure of introducing what many people consider the brightest jewels in the crown of first lady historians of america. so starting with dr. barbara perry, and while doctor perry is walking up her
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For more than two decades, Nichola D. Gutgold, professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State Lehigh Valley, has continued her research on the progress of women in politics, as well as women in nontraditional fields. In her work, Gutgold analyzes the obstacles women candidates face and what it will take to overcome them. Now, readers can anticipate the May 2021 release of her latest work, “Electing Madam Vice President: When Women Run Women Win,” available first in hardcover and then in paperback.
Early in her academic career, Gutgold observed that often left off the history pages and out of the minds of many Americans are the women who have run for president. The 2020 Democratic primary brought the most women ever to run in one election, and “Electing Madam Vice President” demonstrates the progress women candidates have made as they have moved from symbolic candidates to viable candidates.
and nichola discuss olympia snowe, barbara mikulski and of elizabeth dole and why they have not been considered contenders for the presidency. this is just over an hour. thank you for coming out tonight. great to have you back. great to have you here as new friends. let me start tonight and ask you about your book on nine women. how did you select those nine women? the best answer is we could have looked at more, but within the confines of the vote you can only do so much but we want to diverse city. we want the democrats and republicans, two parts of the country, everyone of different ages. we knew on the basis of nine, make generalizations that are 100% certain and our collusions are hypotheses we needed a fairly diverse group. we also included women, the white house project in the election cycle a libya snow and kathleen sibelius were in there. we also wanted to consider this notion and several years ago, which last round of madame president, talking about lookin