The Best-Kept Secret: Women Corporate Lobbyists, Policy, and Power in the United States

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The Best-Kept Secret The Best-Kept Secret Women, Corporate Lobbyists, Policy, and Power in the United States Denise Benoit Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Benoit, Denise, 1955– The best-kept secret : women corporate lobbyists, policy, and power in the United States / Denise Benoit. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4065-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4066-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Businesswomen—United States. 2. Corporations—United States— Political activity. 3. Lobbying—United States. I. Title. HD6095.B46 2007 328.73'078082—dc22 2006031258 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2007 by Denise Benoit All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit out Web site: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America To Luke Benoit Scott, Who makes the world a better place ...