The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life
by Barbara Boxer
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Barbara Boxer has made her mark, combining compassionate advocacy with scrappiness in a political career spanning more than three decades. Now, retiring from the Senate, she continues the work to which she's dedicated 30 years in Congress. Her memoir shares her provocative and touching recollections of service, and cements her commitment to the fight for women, families, quality, environmental protection, all in a peaceful world.Tags
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From being told in the early 1960's that "women aren't stockbrokers" ti five terms in the House and four terms in the Senate, Barbara Boxer has written a memoir of a woman who found her calling.while fighting for justice and defending her values. Her life and work are an inspiration to politicians everywhere.
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Barbara Levy Boxer served as the junior U.S. senator from California from 1993 through her retirement in 2016. A lifelong Democrat, she served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993. Married for more than fifty years, she lives in California, where she raised two children and has four grandchildren.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies
- DDC/MDS
- 328.73 — Society, government, & culture Political science U.S. Congress - Legislation & Legislative Process North America United States
- LCC
- E901.1 .B69 .A3 — History of the United States Twenty-first century
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- English
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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