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The senator's wife : a novel / by Constantine, Liv,author.;
"After a tragic chain of events led to the deaths of their spouses two years ago, D.C. philanthropist Sloane Chase and Senator Whit Montgomery are finally starting to move on. The horrifying ordeal drew them together, and now they're ready to settle down again-with each other. As Sloane returns to the world of White House dinners and political small talk, this time with her new husband, she's also preparing for an upcoming hip replacement-the most current reminder of the lupus diagnosis she's managed since her twenties. With both of their hectic schedules, they decide that hiring a home health aide will give Sloane the support and independence she needs post-surgery. And they find the perfect fit in Athena Karras. Seemingly a godsend, Athena tends to Sloane, and even helps her run her charitable foundation. But Sloane slowly begins to deteriorate-a complication, Athena explains, of Sloane's lupus. As weeks go by, Sloane becomes sicker, and her uncertainty quickly turns to paranoia as she begins to suspect the worst. Why is Athena asking her so many probing questions about her foundation-about her past? And could Sloane be imagining the sultry looks between Athena and her new husband?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Caregivers; Legislators' spouses; Women caregivers; Women philanthropists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Flora! : a woman in a man's world / by MacDonald, Flora,1926-2015,author.; Stevens, Geoffrey,1940-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Flora Isabel MacDonald--politician, humanitarian, adventurer, and role model for a generation of women--was known across Canada and beyond simply as Flora. In her memoir, co-authored by award-winning journalist and author Geoffrey Stevens, she tells her personal story for the very first time. Flora describes her amazing journey from her childhood and secretarial school in Cape Breton through her years in backroom Progressive Conservative politics, to elected office and her appointment as Canada's first female foreign minister. Finally, she details her exceptional humanitarian work in India and in war-torn Africa and Afghanistan. Flora was driven by a lifelong conviction that there is nothing a woman cannot achieve in a world controlled by men, and she pursued this conviction in everything she did, carving a path for women in Parliament. She won international acclaim for bringing 60,000 Vietnamese refugees to Canada, and for engineering the rescue of six American hostages in Tehran in a top-secret collaboration with the CIA known as the the Canadian Caper. She exposed the inhumane treatment of inmates at Kingston's Prison for Women. She defied male chauvinists in the Progressive Conservative party by running for its leadership, and she introduced the Employment Equity Act to guarantee women equal access to federal jobs. Flora was brave. She was relentless. She was controversial. She was a force of nature. In her own words and drawing from interviews with those who knew her, Flora grants us insight into this exceptional woman who changed the course of history"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; MacDonald, Flora, 1926-2015.; Human rights workers; Legislators; Politicians; Women human rights workers; Women legislators; Women politicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kamala's way : an American life / by Morain, Dan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.'Kamala's Way' is a biography of the first Black woman to stand for Vice President, charting how the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this countrys most effective power players.
Subjects: Biographies.; Harris, Kamala, 1964-; United States. Congress. Senate; African American women legislators; Legislators; Public prosecutors; Attorneys general;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kamala Harris / by Fuentes, Sarah.;
What did Kamala Harris do before she became the first woman to serve as a US vice president? And what will she do next?
Subjects: Biographies.; Readers (Publications); Harris, Kamala, 1964-; Vice-presidents; Women presidential candidates; African American women legislators; Women lawyers; South Asian American women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The art of power : my story as America's first woman Speaker of the House / by Pelosi, Nancy,1940-author.;
"The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker -- how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Pelosi, Nancy, 1940-; United States. Congress. House; Legislators; Power (Social sciences); Women legislators; Women politicians; Women; Women;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Women who woke up the law : inside the cases that changed women's rights in Canada / by Wells, Karin,1949-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.""Who was the woman trying to convince a jury in a tiny courthouse in Nova Scotia that it was self-defense when she killed her partner; and who was the young woman walking into the palais de justice in small-town Quebec arguing that it was her choice, not his, to have an abortion? What was it that pushed these women on, even when the lawyers said it was hopeless?" From the award-winning author of The Abortion Caravan and More Than a Footnote, Karin Wells once again pulls us into the lives and -- this time, the legal trials -- of a group of women integral to the advancement of women's rights in Canada. Eliza Campbell, Chantale Daigle, Jeannette Corbiere Lavell -- these Women Who Woke Up the Law often had no idea what they were facing in the courts, or the price they would have to pay. Some never saw justice themselves, but they left a legal legacy. Their bold determination is something we need now more than ever to guard the hard-won gains in women's rights"--
Subjects: Case studies.; Sex discrimination against women; Women; Women's rights;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Something lost, something gained : reflections on life, love, and liberty / by Clinton, Hillary Rodham,author.;
A former senator and presidential candidate offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face and the future within our reach.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Clinton, Hillary Rodham.; United States. Congress. Senate; United States. Department of State; Cabinet officers; Legislators; Presidential candidates; Presidents' spouses; Women cabinet officers; Women legislators; Women presidential candidates;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gwendy's final task / by King, Stephen,1947-author.; Chizmar, Richard,1965-author.;
"Evil forces seek to possess the button box and it is up to Senator Gwendy Peterson to keep it from them. At all costs. But where can you hide something from such powerful entities? In Gwendy's Final Task, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar take us on a journey from Castle Rock to another famous cursed Maine city to the MF-1 space station, where Gwendy must execute a secret mission to save the world. And, maybe, all worlds"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Castle Rock (Me. : Imaginary place); Good and evil; Legislators; Magic paraphernalia; Nightmares; Preteen girls; Psychopaths; Space stations; Temptation; Women authors; Women legislators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dear sister : a memoir of secrets, survival, and unbreakable bonds / by Horton, Michelle,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In September 2017, a knock on the door upends Michelle Horton's life forever: her sister had just shot her partner and was now in jail. During the investigation that follows, Michelle learns that Nikki had been hiding horrific abuse for years. Stunned to find herself in a situation she'd only ever encountered on television and true crime podcasts, Michelle rearranges her life to care for Nikki's children and simultaneously launches a fight to bring Nikki home, squaring off against a criminal justice system seemingly designed to punish the entire family. In this exquisite memoir, Michelle retraces the sisters' childhood and explores how so many people, including herself, could have been blind to the abuse. An intimate look at a family surviving trauma, Dear Sister is a deeply personal story about what it takes to be believed and the danger of keeping truths hidden. Ultimately, Horton turns her family's suffering into hard won wisdom: a profound story of resilience and the unbreakable bond between sisters"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Addimando, Nikki.; Abused women; Justifiable homicide; Women prisoners;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The truths we hold : an American journey / by Harris, Kamala D.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-307) and index."From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times. Through the arc of her own life, on into the great work of our day, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values. In a book rich in many home truths, not least is that a relatively small number of people work very hard to convince a great many of us that we have less in common than we actually do, but it falls to us to look past them and get on with the good work of living our common truth. When we do, our shared effort will continue to sustain us and this great nation, now and in the years to come"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Harris, Kamala D.; Harris, Kamala D.; United States. Congress. Senate; African American women legislators; National characteristics, American.; Legislators; Justice, Administration of; Public prosecutors; Attorneys general;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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