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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Burk, Martha, 1941- author.     Subjects     Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 21st century.     Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2020.     Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 21st century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Burk, Martha, 1941- author.       by title:      Your voice, your vot...         MARC Display

Your voice, your vote : the savvy woman's guide to politics, power, and the change we need / Dr. Martha Burk. by Burk, Martha, 1941- author. New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2020] Subjects Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 21st century.   Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2020.   Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 21st century. ISBN:  9781510752535 (paperback) : Description:  282 pages ; 23 cm Edition:  2020-21 edition. Contents:  Change, no change, or short-changed: what's at stake for women in 2020 and beyond? -- The gender gap: women can control any election -- Who's in charge? Why should women care? -- What do women want? What are we thinking? -- Where we stand: we've come a long way . . .And yet? -- Health care-on life support? -- Reproductive rights: the perpetual attack -- Pay equity: show me the money! -- Hey big spender: the economy -- Taxes -- LGBTQ civil rights -- Social security: will I be dependent on "the kindness of strangers" in my old age? -- Violence against women -- Our (sick) system of sick leave, maternity leave, and family leave -- Child care -- Long-term care -- Education and Title IX: back to "separate but (un)equal" -- Affirmative action is our business (and education too) -- More than a few good women: in the military -- Global women's rights -- The last word: equal constitutional rights. Requests:  0 Summary:  "What Every Woman Needs to Know to Bring About Change in the Voting Booth. In a presidential election year with our currently divided political climate, it is more important than ever for women voters to be educated and informed about issues that affect them deeply. Your Voice, Your Vote 2020-21 Edition is a manifesto for every woman voter and for male voters who care about the women in their lives. Martha Burk empowers the reader to cut through the double talk, irrelevancies, and false promises, and focuses directly on what's at stake for women not only from now through the 2020 election, but also in the years beyond. Written from a nonpartisan viewpoint, Dr. Burk lays out the records of both the Democratic and Republican parties as well as their platforms on topics such as: Health care, Pay equity, Reproductive rights, Maternity leave, family leave, and child care, Social security, sick leave, and long-term care, Violence against women, LGBTQ rights, Education and Title IX, Taxes and the economy, Women in the Military, Affirmative action, The Equal Rights Amendment. Informative and insightful, Your Voice, Your Vote should be carried to every political rally, every press conference, every precinct meeting-and into the voting booth"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Laupahoehoe P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 320.08209 Burk   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 320.08209 Bu 2020-2021 Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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