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Know your power : a message to America's daughters /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Doubleday, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 180 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780385525862
  • 0385525869
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328.73092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1391.U5 P45 2008
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- pt. 1. Roots and wings -- 1. Never lose faith -- 2. Declarations of independence -- 3. An open house -- 4. Love happens -- 5. Be open to the new -- pt. 2. Kitchen to Congress -- 6. Recognize opportunity -- 7. Organize, don't agonize -- 8. A voice that will be heard -- 9. "Age quod agis" (do what you are doing) -- 10. Think outside the Beltway -- pt. 3. Know your power -- 11. A seat at the table -- 12. There is no secret sauce -- 13. Remember when you used to cook? -- 14. The qualities you need -- 15. The speaker and the president -- 16. What matters most -- Index.
Summary: When Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of the House, she made history. She gavelled the House to order that day on behalf of all of America's children and said, "We have made history, now let us make progress." Now she continues to inspire women everywhere in this thought-provoking collection of wise words--her own and those of the important people who played pivotal roles in her journey.--From publisher description.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 328.73 PEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000244882

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- pt. 1. Roots and wings -- 1. Never lose faith -- 2. Declarations of independence -- 3. An open house -- 4. Love happens -- 5. Be open to the new -- pt. 2. Kitchen to Congress -- 6. Recognize opportunity -- 7. Organize, don't agonize -- 8. A voice that will be heard -- 9. "Age quod agis" (do what you are doing) -- 10. Think outside the Beltway -- pt. 3. Know your power -- 11. A seat at the table -- 12. There is no secret sauce -- 13. Remember when you used to cook? -- 14. The qualities you need -- 15. The speaker and the president -- 16. What matters most -- Index.

When Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of the House, she made history. She gavelled the House to order that day on behalf of all of America's children and said, "We have made history, now let us make progress." Now she continues to inspire women everywhere in this thought-provoking collection of wise words--her own and those of the important people who played pivotal roles in her journey.--From publisher description.

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