SuitabookElizabeth Dole
Dana Meachen Rau
- Reading
- Read it alongside a map or timeline of the United States, pausing to distinguish Elizabeth Dole’s roles from Bob Dole’s. Afterwards, check which perspectives and events the biography leaves unexplored.
- Themes
- Women in public life: Elizabeth Dole is presented through her government, charitable and elected roles, including cabinet positions, American Red Cross leadership and Senate service. The focus supports discussion of a woman’s route through several forms of public leadership, without establishing that every aspect of her career is praised or challenged.
- Public service and political office: The book covers Elizabeth Dole’s work as secretary of transportation and labour, president of the American Red Cross and U.S. senator. It appears designed to outline a career across appointed, charitable and elected positions rather than concentrate on one office.
- Worth knowing
- The political material may be most useful when read as an introduction rather than a complete account. The balance between achievements, controversy and wider political disagreement is not clear.