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Who is Nancy Pelosi?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2008

Cindy Simon Rosenthal  and
Ronald M. Peters
Cindy Simon Rosenthal
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma
Ronald M. Peters
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma
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The election of a Democratic majority to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 110th Congress paved the way for Nancy Pelosi of California to become the first woman speaker. As the incumbent Democratic leader, Pelosi was well known on Capitol Hill. Yet as the incoming speaker, and the first woman speaker, she faced the certainty of receiving extensive media scrutiny in the run up to the 2006 election, during the transition period, and during her first year in office. How would she become viewed by the American people? And who would shape the public's perception of her? What role would gender and her status as the historic first woman speaker play in focusing the lens of media attention?

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 57 - 62
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© 2008 The American Political Science Association

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