Plenty ladylike : a memoir /

Missouri's first woman senator recounts her coming-of-age in a political family at a time when women were held back from their ambitions, describing her failed first marriage, her unconventional choices in office and her relationships with fellow politicians. --Publisher's description.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	McCaskill, Claire (Author), Ganey, Terry (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	McCaskill, Claire. Legislators > United States > Biography. United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography. United States > Politics and government > 21st century. Political culture > United States > Anecdotes. Women > United States > Social conditions > 21st century. Women politicians > Missouri > Biography. Auditors > Missouri > Biography. Missouri > Politics and government. United States. > Congress. > Senate. Auditors. Legislators. Political culture. Politics and government. Women politicians. Women > Social conditions. Missouri. United States. 2000 - 2099 Anecdotes. Biography. Autobiographies.

Table of Contents:

Blonde ambition
Bill and Betty
A house hazing
Madame prosecutor
A statewide office
Reaching for a dream
"Go for it."
Call me Claire
Boondoggles
Dark money
Operation Dog Whistle
The magic uterus
Divine intervention
A new civility
"A vastly underreported offense."
Redefining ladylike.