The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

by Nancy Pelosi

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From housewife and mother of five to the first woman Speaker of the House, Pelosi arranges her more than three decades in Congress by subject, not by year. The book opens on the 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, and her case is that power comes from counting votes and building consensus.

Core ideas
  • The big fights: You get the Affordable Care Act, the 2008 financial crisis and January 6, and presidents from George W. Bush through Joe Biden.
  • Long-held positions: She opposed the Iraq War and has pressed for years against China's human rights abuses.
  • Faith first: Her Catholic faith grounds her politics, down to an AIDS quilt panel she sewed for a friend who hoped to meet John F. Kennedy in heaven.
Published2024
Pages352
ISBN9781668048047
ReadAug 2024

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