so-soA good memoir & call to action for women. Published in 2014 however, it didn‘t really help me with my #ReadTheCandadites goals. The parts about her advocacy on things like military sexual assaults cases were very interesting, but I was already familiar with her work in those areas. I did learn about her personal balance of family, young children, and political life, plus discovered she‘s both very perky and can curse a blue streak when necessary.
Good Advice: keep calling, keep emailing, keep speaking up!
#ReadTheCandadites
pickSo far my favorite of #ReadTheCandadites. It covers her early life, marriage, teaching, through when Washington came to her for expertise during the financial meltdown. It follows her life as she began to be more public about fighting for A Fighting Chance for everyone up until her run for Senate. It‘s a great candidate read, but also a great read for an insight into Washington from an outsider POV and into the forces that caused the meltdown.
“So I figured: Too bad. Too damn bad. If a bunch of senators were going to pick the banks over families, then the American public had a right to know. And if we didn‘t win, we could at least make one hell of a stink.”
Funny to read that now, knowing where she is today.
#ReadTheCandadites
