Elisabeth Israels Perry: 3 books

Book cover of Belle Moskowitz

Belle Moskowitz

Feminine Politics and the Exercise of Power in the Age of Alfred E. Smith

by Elisabeth Israels Perry
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018

It is commonly believed that women’s entry into the political realm is a recent phenomenon. Originally published in 1992, Belle Moskowitz shatters that myth, restoring to history the career of a remarkable woman who achieved unprecedented influence and power in American politics many decades before...
Book cover of After the Vote

After the Vote

Feminist Politics in La Guardia's New York

by Elisabeth Israels Perry
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019

Soon after his inauguration in 1934, New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia began appointing women into his administration. By the end of his three terms in office, he had installed almost a hundred as lawyers in his legal department, but also as board and commission members and as secretaries, deputy...
Book cover of From Theology to History: French Religious Controversy and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

From Theology to History: French Religious Controversy and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

French Religious Controversy and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

by Elisabeth Israels Perry
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

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