02287cam a2200313 i 4500 423053735 TxAuBib 20200522120000.0 190920s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781250252869 HRD 27.99 1250252865 HRD 27.99 TxAuBib rda Ball, Molly. Pelosi [BOOK] / Molly Ball. First edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020. xix, 345 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. She’s the iconic leader who puts Donald Trump in his place, the woman with the toughness to take on a lawless president and defend American democracy. Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery and inimitable elan. It’s a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician who for years was demonized by the right and taken for granted by many in her own party―even though, as speaker under President Barack Obama, she deserves much of the credit for epochal liberal accomplishments from universal access to health care to saving the US economy from collapse, from reforming Wall Street to allowing gay people to serve openly in the military. How did an Italian grandmother in four-inch heels become the greatest legislator since LBJ? Ball’s nuanced, page-turning portrait takes readers inside the life and times of this historic and underappreciated figure. Based on exclusive interviews with the Speaker and deep background reporting, Ball shows Pelosi through a thoroughly modern lens to explain how this extraordinary woman has met her moment. Provided by publisher. 20200522. Pelosi, Nancy 1940- United States Congress House Speakers Biography. Women legislators United States Biography. Legislators United States Biography. Women politicians United States Biography.