A feminist in the White House : Midge Costanza, the Carter years, and America's culture wars /
Doreen Mattingly.
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Midge Costanza was one of the unlikeliest of White House insiders. But for a time during the seventies, this ""loud-mouthed, pushy little broad"" with no college education was a prominent focal point of the American culture wars. In this book, Doreen Mattingly draws on Costanza's life to tell a wider, but heretofore neglected, story of the hopeful yet fraught era of gender politics in late 70s Washington - a history that is not just important to US women's and presidential history but which continues to resonate in politics today.
9780190468613
Costanza, Midge, 1932-2010. Carter, Jimmy, 1924- --Friends and associates.
Political consultants--United States--Biography. Feminists--United States--Biography. Sex role--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century. Women--Political activity--History--United States--20th century. Culture conflict--History--United States--20th century.