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...