When Women Win: EMILY’s List and the Rise of Women in American Politics

By raising funds and training women to run successful campaigns, EMILY’s List is a political action committee aimed to help elect pro-choice Democratic women to office in the United States. Founder Malcolm sheds light on the organization’s mission and early days by sharing her story and various successes from the organization’s tenure. Campbell, a seasoned and skilled audiobook narrator, sounds a lot younger than Malcolm is now, but the book begins in 1985 and covers 30 years of Malcolm’s accomplishments and occasional failures. Campbell uses slightly different voices when quoting so the listener can distinguish narration from quotation, but she knows that Malcolm’s story is inherently dramatic and doesn’t try to overwhelm it with theatrics. A Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hardcover. (Mar.)