Belle Moskowitz Feminine Politics and the Exercise of Power in the Age of Alfred E. Smith |
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| Author:
| Perry, Elisabeth Israels |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-504426-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1987 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Belle Moskowitz was Alfred E. Smith's closest political adviser during his four terms as Governor of New York, and, as a result, the most powerful woman in American political life during his ascendancy in the Democratic Party in the late 1920s. Her career has not received close attention until now. Elisabeth Perry has dug deeply into the public record and the records of Moskowitz's associates, as well as drawing on the reminiscences of Moskowitz's daughter, Perry's own aunt. The result...
More DescriptionBelle Moskowitz was Alfred E. Smith's closest political adviser during his four terms as Governor of New York, and, as a result, the most powerful woman in American political life during his ascendancy in the Democratic Party in the late 1920s. Her career has not received close attention until now. Elisabeth Perry has dug deeply into the public record and the records of Moskowitz's associates, as well as drawing on the reminiscences of Moskowitz's daughter, Perry's own aunt. The result is this riveting portrait.