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Assisted by her daughter Nicole, Senator Boxer (California) has written a personal, straightforward account of her experiences in public life and her beliefs. Hillary Clinton has supplied the foreword. Includes photos of Boxer at various stages of her life and with people and at events that have been important in her career. Published by National Press Books, 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Kirkus评论
A personal but choppy overview of Boxer's 1992 fight for the US Senate--and of the races of other women who preceded or joined her there. Probably better subtitled ``So You Want to be a Woman Senator,'' Boxer's short account (written with her daughter's help) hip-hops around from her entrance into politics to brief but admiring profiles of other female senators. These legislators range from Rebecca Felton of Georgia, appointed in 1922 to serve one day of a man's unfinished term, to Maryland's Barbara Mikulski, reelected to a second term in 1992 with the new wave of women senators that included Dianne Feinstein, Carol Moseley-Braun, Patty Murray, and Boxer herself. Reviewing how the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas confrontation galvanized women's support for women candidates, Boxer describes the march of seven women, including herself, from the House of Representatives to the Senate to ask members of the all-male Judiciary Committee to back off and investigate Hills's charges further. They were refused admittance: ``We don't allow strangers here'' was the explanation. There's a brief look at Boxer's debut in California politics by way of a run for country supervisor; at her Senate campaign (when she considered dropping out, her children convinced her to stay the course by reading her Dr. Seuss); and at issues and goals that she believes women senators should address--from abortion rights and gun control to aid to children from conception (via prenatal care) through adolescence (via school reform and mentoring programs). Some amusing anecdotes and much generous praise for her colleagues--but unfocused and meandering. (Includes a succinct, inspirational foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton) (Thirty-two pages of b&w photographs--not seen)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
The epiphany of Boxer's life, as she proclaims in this mediocre memoir, was her success in persuading the U.S. Senate to air the harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas. When the story broke, she walked a few female U.S. representatives over to the "other body" and copped the photo op that played in the press and again on this book's cover. In Boxer's opinion, the stunt was a historical event, to which she repeatedly refers; otherwise, what emerges is her agenda to raise to one-half the female membership of legislatures. That's a worthy goal, but Boxer is far from equal-minded in her vision of gender equality: "Clearly, I have a bias in favor of female Democratic senators. I admit it." Boxer's name--and personal anecdotes (she outs her own experiences with harassment)--somewhat compensates for this tract's insipidity, which is no better expressed than any press release pablum. In solidly Democratic precincts, libraries might see it move off the shelf. ~--Gilbert Taylor
Choice 评论
Boxer was elected to the US Senate from California in 1992 after serving in the House of Representatives for ten years representing the San Francisco Bay area. Nicole Boxer, her daughter, is in the film industry. The book is a well-written, readable account of the author's personal "real-life" political experiences. The foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton on the political activism of women along with Boxer's chapter on the history of women in the Senate establishes a working historical perspective. The book begins with an account of the pressure brought by women in the House on the Senate to investigate the sexual harassment allegations of Anita Hill against Clarance Thomas, an event which Boxer believes significantly changed voter's attitudes and more than tripled the number of women in the Senate in one year. This is not a bipartisan account; nor is there any suggestion that the author intended it to be. Boxer makes frequent reference to her Democratic women colleagues and their support of the Democratic agenda with only occasional mention of Republican women. Anyone, regardless of personal political preference, interested in the changing role of women in American politics, will find the book exceptionally interesting and instructive. Women, Boxer believes, are not better than men in politics--only different, and their different perspectives are crucial to our democratic society. All levels. D. F. Bletz; Wilson College
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
With her daughter, freshman Senator Boxer (D-Calif.) has written a book that is part campaign biography, part showcase for the growing visibility of women in national politics. One chapter profiles women senators of the past, of which there has been only 14 until 1992 (most of them succeeding their husbands in the position). Today there are more female senators serving at the same time than ever--seven. According to Boxer, women politicians were successful in breaking into this exclusive men's club by emphasizing a domestic agenda: the economy, the environment, healthcare, education, and reproductive choice. She concludes with an appeal for more women to run for office and for all voters to support women with votes and bucks. Somewhat unfocused, Strangers is recommended to California libraries serving a politically engaged public.-- Pamela R. Daubenspeck, War ren-Trumbull Cty. P.L., Warren, Ohio (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.