Mayor Helen Boosalis: My Mother's Life in Politics

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Mayor Helen Boosalis: My Mother's Life in Politics by Beth Boosalis Davis (2008....VERY GOOD HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET SIGNED BY AUTHOR. PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS As a 1950s housewife... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. Mayor Helen Boosalis: My Mother's Life in Politics by Beth Boosalis Davis (2008....VERY GOOD HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET SIGNED BY AUTHOR. PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS As a 1950s housewife and League of Women Voters volunteer who spearheaded the city of Lincoln s switch to a strong mayor form of government, Helen Boosalis (1919 2009) never anticipated that she herself would one day be that strong mayor and chief executive of Nebraska s capital city. Helen Boosalis s story, told by her daughter, Beth Boosalis Davis, is that of a true pioneer of women in politics. The daughter of Greek immigrants, Boosalis achieved national prominence as the first woman president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and as an outspoken advocate for economically distressed cities facing President Reagan s new federalism. Winning the Democratic nomination for governor of Nebraska in 1986, Helen Boosalis ran against Kay Orr in the first gubernatorial contest between two women in U.S. history. The interwoven tales of conflict and challenge, from the mayor s office to the campaign trail, combine personal insight into one woman s trailblazing political history with a compelling memoir of a half century of public service and private devotion shared by two remarkable women, mother and daughter.