Book excerpt: A comprehensive and valuable compendium of biographies of leading women in U.S. politics, past and present, and an examination of the wide range of women's movements. With an emphasis on modern pioneers from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds such as Madeleine Albright, Linda Chavez-Thompson, Shirley Chisholm, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Winona LaDuke, and Patsy Mink, From Suffrage to the Senate covers the individuals, organizations, movements, publications, milestones, legislative victories, and court cases that have changed the face of American politics. The in depth coverage also traces the political heritage of the abolition, labor, suffrage, temperance, and reproductive rights movements. - Includes biographies of every female U.S. representative, senator, and cabinet member - Bibliographical references follow each entry - Chronology of 150 years of women's history