Annotated Bibliography
Berry, Mary Frances. Why ERA Failed. Bloomington Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1988. It is an excellent and to the point explanation of why the ERA failed. By no means does it sacrifice content.
Campbell, Karylin Kohrs and Jamieson, Kathleen Hall. Deeds Done in Words. Chicago: the University of Chicago Press, 1990. It is a good source of 19th and 20th century speeches written for different audiences (inaugural addresses, veto messages , rhetoric of impeachment etc.)
Gilman, Charlotte Perkin. Women and Economics. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1998. Seminal book for women. Ahead of her time. She understood the importance of economic independence to reach true individual freedom.
Harrison, Cynthia Ellen. On Account of Sex. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 1988. Very thorough and informative book about the Women's Equal Rights Movement from 1945 to 1960.
Martin, M. Martin. The Presidency and Women. Texas: A & M University Press, 2009.
Great effort to link Women and Presidential policies about women's rights.
Rossiter, Clinton. The American Presidency. New York: Mentor Book, 1956.
A classic. But, you wonder about his almost mesmerized vision of the presidency.
Schlesinger, Jr. The Imperial Presidency. Boston/New York: First Mariner Books, 2004.
Great effort to present presidential evolution. It is a full of examples about presidential growth in the past 200 years.
Shogan, Collen. The Moral Rhetoric of American Presidents. Texas A & M University Press, 2006. Study on how presidents in the 20th century reached decision based on their kind of morality. Written in a clear and easy to follow style. It has useful charts.
Tulis, Jeffrey. The Rhetorical Presidency. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987.
My very favorite. Though written a long time ago, it delivers wise lines. Easy to read, it carries lots of meaning. The Mozart of political science!
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