Background
Mona Harrington was born on February 25, 1936, in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. She is a daughter of Harold A. Harrington and Alice (Payne) Harrington.
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Mona studied at Harvard University, where she received a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Science.
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Mona studied at Harvard University, where she received a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Science.
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Women of Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove
(Drawing on more than sixty interviews, this book examines...)
Drawing on more than sixty interviews, this book examines women's struggle to gain authority in the academic profession and to use that authority to change conventional practices.
https://www.amazon.com/Women-Academe-Outsiders-Sacred-Grove/dp/0870236075
1988
The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics
(This work argues, that Americans believe, that society's ...)
This work argues, that Americans believe, that society's troubles can be solved if only their source can be identified and eliminated, and suggests, that this has caused mistakes in American policy from Wilson's administration to the present.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dream-Deliverance-American-Politics/dp/0394549732
1989
Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules
(Drawing on interviews with more than 100 female lawyers, ...)
Drawing on interviews with more than 100 female lawyers, most of them graduates of Harvard Law School, attorney Harrington presents an absorbing mosaic of the issues, impeding the advancement of her subjects.
https://www.amazon.com/Women-Lawyers-Rewriting-Mona-Harrington/dp/0394580257/?tag=2022091-20
1994
Care and Equality: Inventing a New Family Politics
(In this work, Harrington urges government leaders, famili...)
In this work, Harrington urges government leaders, families and employers to reexamine the economics of caretaking and take responsibility for general welfare, as promoted in the Constitution.
https://www.amazon.com/Care-Equality-Inventing-Family-Politics-dp-037540015X/dp/037540015X/?tag=2022091-20
1999
Mona Harrington
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Education
Mona attended the University of Massachusetts and Harvard University, where she received a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Science.
Career
Mona Harrington acted as an attorney with the United States State Department and taught political science and women’s studies at Vassar College before turning to writing full-time from her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her writings include "Women of Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove" (1988), "The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics" (1989), "Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules" (1994) and "Care and Equality: Inventing a New Family Politics" (1999).
Currently, Mona holds a post of Program Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Workplace Center.
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Mona Harrington is a well-known political scientist and writer, who examines connections between American political culture and social policy. Her works include "Women of Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove" (1988), "The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics" (1989), "Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules" (1994) and "Care and Equality: Inventing a New Family Politics" (1999).
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The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics
(This work argues, that Americans believe, that society's ...)
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Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules
(Drawing on interviews with more than 100 female lawyers, ...)
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Care and Equality: Inventing a New Family Politics
(In this work, Harrington urges government leaders, famili...)
1999 -
Women of Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove
(Drawing on more than sixty interviews, this book examines...)
1988
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The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics
Connections
Mona is married to Paul Gagron. Their marriage produced three children.
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Harvard University , Political Science , Doctor of Philosophy Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States