Theodore F. Sheckels
Autor von Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced
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Theodore F. Sheckels is professor of English and communication studies at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia.
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Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced (2012) 9 Exemplare
Cracked but Not Shattered: Hillary Rodham Clinton's Unsuccessful Campaign for the Presidency (Lexington Studies in… (2009) 3 Exemplare
Debating, applied rhetorical theory (Longman series in college composition and communication) (1984) 2 Exemplare
The Island Motif in the Fiction of L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood, and Other Canadian Women… (2003) 1 Exemplar
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The authors acknowledge that the requirements are higher for women than for men to be chosen. They also admit that nine women is too small a sample to be statistically reliable. However, after examining these nine women’s situations, in the last chapter the authors suggest eleven maxims a woman must have to be considered for the presidency.
Each of the authors wrote the chapters for three of the women. Unfortunately, the book was not very well proofread; several factual errors occur including saying that Pelosi became “majority” instead of “minority” leader in 2011 (p. 95), and listing Kathleen Sebalius as a Republican instead of Democratic governor (p. 157). Also, I would have preferred to have had several other prominent women such as Geraldine Ferraro and Hilliary Rodham Clinton included.… (mehr)