Service Above Self: Women Veterans in American Politics

by Erika Cornelius Smith

Book Overview

The 2018 midterm elections were both record-breaking and pathbreaking. Americans elected four women to the Senate along with twenty-four women to the House. At the same time, nearly two hundred veterans were on ballots across the country, including a dozen women with military service experience, three of whom won their races. Two years later, female veterans campaigned for office at every level--including a run for presidential nominee of a major...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700633227
• ISBN13: 9780700633227
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"