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The former three-term governor of Vermont describes the development of her own political career, explaining what it means to be a woman in male-dominated positions of power and discussing what women can contribute as politicians and policy makers. 20,000 first printing.



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Madeleine Kunin

Madeleine M. Kunin was the first woman governor of Vermont, and served as the Deputy Secretary of Education and Ambassador to Switzerland under President Bill Clinton. She is the author of Living a Political Life and is currently a Marsh Scholar Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont and lectures on history and women's studies. She also serves as president of the board of the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) , a nongovernmental organization that she founded in 1991. She lives in Burlington, Vermont.



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