The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress by Jennifer Steinhauer
The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress by Jennifer Steinhauer
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In the November 2018 midterms, the greatest number of women in history were elected to Congress. It was a group diverse in background, age, professional experience, and ideology. And from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and "the Squad" to a group with national security backgrounds calling themselves "the Badasses," from the first two Native American women to the first two Muslim women, all were swept into office on an enormous wave of grassroots support.
Here, New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer chronicles these women's first year in Congress, following their shift from trailblazing campaigns to the daily work of governance. In committee rooms, offices, visits back home with their constituents, and conversations in the halls of the Capitol, she probes the question: Will Washington, with its hidebound traditions and overpriced housing and petty power struggles, change the changemakers? Or will this Congress, which looks a little more like today's America, truly be the start of something new?
Vivid and smart, The Firsts delivers fresh details, inside access, historical perspective, and expert analysis as these women -- inspiring, controversial, talented, and rebellious -- do something surprising: make Congress essential again.
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2020, 262 pages
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