America has finally elected its first female Vice President, Kamala Harris. In this episode, we talk to author and historian Sarah Rowley about political husbands. In the 1970s, more women were elected to political office thus changing gender roles in Washington. The political spouse had for so long been a wife.

We talk about Bella Abzug and her husband Martin, Yvonne Burke and her husband Bill, Shirley Chisholm and her husband Conrad, Pat Schroeder and her husband Jim, and more.

Sarah Rowley studies relationships of power in the United States, specializing in gender and politics. Her article entitled "Married Congresswomen and the New Breed of Political Husbands in 1970s Political Culture," appears in the book "Suffrage at 100”.

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