Women of the 2016 Election

Voices, Views, and Values

Edited by Jennifer Schenk Sacco - Contributions by Rosa L. DeLauro; Nichola D. Gutgold; Kasey Clawson Hudak; Jessica D. Johnson Carew; Krista Jenkins; Alexandria Kile; Kristy King; Elizabeth J. Natalle; Jennifer Schenk Sacco; Beth Waggenspack and Molly Yanity

Women of the 2016 Election is an examination of women who played prominent roles in the 2016 US presidential election. The collection focuses on women from different parties, races, religions, and immigrant statuses who fulfill roles as candidates, staffers, first families, journalists, and grassroots organizers. The contributors to this collection give a unique view into women’s influences on an unprecedented election. They examine the roles of feminism, morality, motherhood, expectations of voters, the press, masculinity, femininity, race, class, and agency in this interdisciplinary work, which spans the fields of political science, feminist theory, communication, and women’s and gender studies. This is the election that gave rise to the Trump presidency and the #MeToo movement, and the women considered here have left trails and revealed how far there is yet to go for women achieving power in the highest echelons of American politics, media, and society.

Lexington Books

Pages: 228 • Trim: 6 x 9¼

978-1-4985-7978-0 • Hardback • December 2018 • $123.00 • (£95.00)

978-1-4985-7980-3 • Paperback • August 2020 • $47.99 • (£37.00)

978-1-4985-7979-7 • eBook • December 2018 • $45.50 • (£35.00)

Series: Communicating Gender

Subjects: Political Science / Women in Politics, Social Science / Women's Studies

Women of the 2016 Election

Voices, Views, and Values

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Summary

Women of the 2016 Election is an examination of women who played prominent roles in the 2016 US presidential election. The collection focuses on women from different parties, races, religions, and immigrant statuses who fulfill roles as candidates, staffers, first families, journalists, and grassroots organizers. The contributors to this collection give a unique view into women’s influences on an unprecedented election. They examine the roles of feminism, morality, motherhood, expectations of voters, the press, masculinity, femininity, race, class, and agency in this interdisciplinary work, which spans the fields of political science, feminist theory, communication, and women’s and gender studies. This is the election that gave rise to the Trump presidency and the #MeToo movement, and the women considered here have left trails and revealed how far there is yet to go for women achieving power in the highest echelons of American politics, media, and society.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 228 • Trim: 6 x 9¼

978-1-4985-7978-0 • Hardback • December 2018 • $123.00 • (£95.00)

978-1-4985-7980-3 • Paperback • August 2020 • $47.99 • (£37.00)

978-1-4985-7979-7 • eBook • December 2018 • $45.50 • (£35.00)

Series: Communicating Gender

Subjects: Political Science / Women in Politics, Social Science / Women's Studies

Author

Jennifer Schenk Sacco is associate professor of political science and director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Quinnipiac University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Carly Fiorina and the Face of Postfeminism

Chapter 2: Hillary Clinton: Communicationg Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class

Chapter 3: Huma Who? Abedin’s Incomplete Narrative that Creates Public Reality

Chapter 4: Kellyanne Conway: Magnifying or Mitigating Trump’s Problem with Women?

Chapter 5: The Moral Conscience of the Nation: Michelle Obama and the 2016 Presidential Election

Chapter 6: Melania Trump: Slowly and Silently Moving into Her Unexpected Role

Chapter 7: The Princess sand the Politician: The Tale of Ivanka Trump and the 2016 Presidential Election

Chapter 8: Mothers of the Movement: Black Motherhood and the Political Power of Grief in the 2016 Presidential Election

Chapter 9: The Rhetorical Unburdening of Megyn Kelly: An Analysis of a FOX News Star, a Presidential Debate and a Muddle Brand of Feminism

Reviews

With more women running for office and winning, learning from those who have gone before offers some important lessons both to those running for office and those who are just starting out. Women in office do make a difference.
— Christine Todd Whitman, Author of “It’s My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America”

This rich, captivating volume skillfully contextualizes women in politics. Each contribution provides fresh insights that remind us to pay careful attention to the role of ideology, race, media and status as they relate to women’s political fortunes. The book is an excellent addition to political science, communications and women’s studies classes.
— Ronnee Schreiber, Author of "Righting Feminism: Conservative Women and American Politics"

This fascinating collection of essays provides a rich overview of women’s multiple and diverse contributions to U.S. presidential campaigns. The book’s focus on individual women with prominent roles in the 2016 election reflects an innovative approach that illustrates superbly the complicated and varied ways that gender is at play in contemporary electoral politics.
— Susan J. Carroll, Co-author of “A Seat at the Table: Congresswomen’s Perspectives on Why Their Presence Matters”, Rutgers University