Table of Contents
Introduction: The Assignment 1
1 The "Audacity" of Joe Biden: Chosen, but Not Elected (November 2020) 17
2 Kamala Harris and the Sparkly Jacket: Authenticity (February 2019) 35
3 Memorial Day Weekend: Campaigning While Female (May 2019) 49
4 Kamala Harris: The Rules of Engagement (June 2019) 69
5 One Night in Washington Square Park: Using History to Make Herstory (September 2019) 93
6 Who We Take Seriously: The Qualification Question (November 2019) 119
7 Can a Woman Win? The Electability Question (January 2020) 145
8 New Hampshire: Reckoning with the Inevitable (February 2020) 167
9 Nevada: Going Down Swinging (February 2020) 183
10 And Then There Were None: Opportunity, Lost. Again. (March 2020) 207
11 "It's Just Time": Female VP Candidates and the Mystical Gender Gap (Spring 2020) 231
12 "Just Not That Woman": What Hillary Learned (September 2020) 263
13 Madam Vice President: How Kamala Navigates Being First (January 2021) 287
14 "I'd Love to See It in My Lifetime" (March 2022) 303
Acknowledgments 319
Notes 323