A Women's History Report Card On Hillary Rodham Clinton's Presidential Primary Campaign, 2008
Feminist Studies › Vol. 34 Nbr. 1/2, April 2008
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[...] on the "woman question," Clinton's candidacy built on the gradual change that took place over two generations since 1930; she consolidated those changes into a permanent base for women presidential candidates in the future. [...] on the "race question," Clinton's campaign reminds us of the historic precedent of 1869 in which white women competed with black men for the right to vote.
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A Women's History Report Card On Hillary Rodham Clinton's Presidential Primary Campaign, 2008
How can we best place Hillary Clinton's primary campaign in historical perspective-what were its precedents and what might unfold from it?1 Of course it's impossible to speak about her candidacy without also thinking about Barack Obama's-and once you start thinking about gender and race, can class be far behind?
Future historians might agree that her campaign revolved around three questions. First, on the "woman question," Clinton's candidacy built on the gradual change that took place over two generations since 1930; she consolidated those changes into a permanent base for women presidential candidates in the future. Second, on the "race question," Clinton's campaign reminds us of the historic precedent of 1869 in which white women competed with black men for the right t...See the full content of this document
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