Background
Lopach, James Joseph was born on June 23, 1942 in Great Falls, Montana, United States.
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"If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier."
-Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973)
Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, stands tall among American icons. The representative from Montana won her seat at a time when women didn't have the right to vote in most states. Her firm stances inspired both admiration and fury across party lines, and she gained nearly canonical status among feminists and pacifists. In Jeannette Rankin: A Political Woman, James Lopach and Jean Luckowski demythologize Rankin, showing her to be a talented, driven, and deeply divided woman.
Until now, no biography has explored Rankin's inconsistencies. The authors extensively consulted the correspondence of her family members and contemporaries, uncovering ties between her politics and her familial and personal relationships. They reveal how she succeeded through her wealthy brother's influence as well as her own extraordinary efforts; how she drew inspiration not from her rural roots but from the radical hotbed of Greenwich Village; and how she championed an independent, woman-centered life while deferring to family.
Revealing her complexities along with her accomplishments, Jeannette Rankin: A Political Woman will be the definitive biography of this path-breaking politician for years to come.
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( An account of Fourth World peoples within a First World...)
An account of Fourth World peoples within a First World nation, Tribal Government Today, Revised Edition, is a critical analysis of the contemporary progress of Indian tribes toward self-government and economic sufficiency. Focusing on seven reservations in Montana representing the diverse opportunities and problems facing Indian tribes in the West, this book approaches tribal government from the twin perspectives of reservation politics and the legal context within which reservation conflicts must be solved.
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Lopach, James Joseph was born on June 23, 1942 in Great Falls, Montana, United States.
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Carroll College, 1964. Master of Arts in American Studies, University Notre Dame, 1967. Master of Arts in Teaching in English Education, University Notre Dame, 1968.
Doctor of Philosophy in Government, University Notre Dame, 1973.
Manager, Pacific Telephone, Palo Alto, California, 1968-1969; administrator, City of South Bend, Indiana, 1971-1973; professor, U. Montana, Missoula, since 1973; department chairman political science, U. Montana, Missoula, 1977-1987; associate dean College Arts and Sciences, U. Montana, Missoula, 1987-1988; acting director Mansfield Center, U. Montana, Missoula, 1984-1985; special assistant to the university president, U. Montana, Missoula, 1988-1992; associate provost, U. Montana, Missoula, 1992-1995; special assistant to provost, U. Montana, Missoula, 1995-1996. Consultant local goverments, state agys., tribal goverments, law firms, since 1973. Expert witness.
( An account of Fourth World peoples within a First World...)
( "If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again...)
Son of John Ernest and Alma Marie (Schapman) L. Divorced, December 10, 1991;children: Christine, Paul.