Climbing the Hill
Climbing the Hill explores the history and current status of women members and staff on Capitol Hill. It traces the difficult history of women in Congress, their slow and painful path to political power and their hopes and fears of today. It presents a comprehensive analysis of women's success at the polls and within the congressional hierarchy—legislatively, politically, and socially. Through in-depth research and extensive personal interviews, the authors reveal the deep-rooted sexual divisions within the U.S. Congress and the continuing struggle of women to break into the old boy network. The book's comprehensive coverage is unique and up-to-date and will be of interest to scholars, students, and interested layreaders.
KAREN FOERSTEL is a senior reporter with Congressional Quarterly, specializing in political and legislative issues in the House of Representatives. Previously, she served as a staff writer with the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call.
HERBERT N. FOERSTEL is head of Branch Libraries at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Surveillance in the Stacks: The FBI's Library Awareness Program (Greenwood, 1991), Secret Science: Federal Control of American Science and Technology (Praeger, 1993), and Banned in the USA: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries (Greenwood, 1994).