Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-367) and index.
Profile: Pearl Bernstein: a woman in New York politics -- Precedents -- Part I: At the margins. Negotiating partisanship -- Sustaining feminist progressivism -- Part II: Moving toward the center. Scandal in the courts -- Fallout -- The women of the administration -- The election of 1937 and beyond -- Part III: Looking forward -- Legacy -- Appendix: "Fifty women and one man: a play in three scenes and one axe"