Foreword / Pat Schroeder
Preface
1. Introduction : the White House as ultimate prize / Robert P. Watson
pt. 1. The struggle for political equality
2. Breaking the final glass ceiling : when (not if) a woman becomes president / Max J. Skidmore
3. Paving the way : the work of the women's movement / Anne N. Costain
4. Changing the climate of expectations / Erika Falk and Kathleen Hall Jamieson
5. Profile : Shirley Chisholm, blazing trails / Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon
pt. 2. The campaign
6. Can women enter the "big tents?" : National party structures and presidential nominations / Melissa Haussman.

7. A war chest full of Susan B. Anthony dollars : fund-raising issues for female presidential candidates / Victoria A. Farrar-Myers
8. On the way to the White House : communication strategies for women candidates / Dianne Bystrom
9. Public discourse and female presidential candidates / Carol Lynn Bower
10. Profile : Pat Schroeder and the campaign that wasn't / Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon
pt. 3. The media, voters, and public opinion
11. The lipstick watch : media coverage, gender, and presidential campaigns / Diane J. Heith
12. Is the United States ready for a woman president? Is the Pope protestant? / Carole Kennedy.

13. Gender, race, and the Oval Office / Ann Gordon and Jerry Miller
14. Profile : Geraldine Ferraro, media coverage of history in the making / Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon
pt. 4. Governing
15. Presidential leadership : governance from a woman's perspective / Lori Cox Han
16. A female leader for the free world : the first woman president and U.S. foreign policy / Tom Lansford
17. Confronting the myths : the first woman president and national security / John Davis
18. Profile : Elizabeth Dole, executive leadership / Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon
pt. 5. Conclusion
19. Madam President: sooner or later? / Karen O'Conner
appendix. The White House Project
notes
Bibliography
The contributors
index
About the book.