Susan J. Tolchin (1941–2016)

Susan J. Tolchin was born in Manhattan, New York on January 14, 1941. She received a bachelor's degree in political science from Bryn Mawr College in 1961, a master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1962, and a doctorate from New York University in 1968, where she wrote her dissertation on mostrar más the politics of New York City police policy. She taught at Mount Vernon College and at George Washington University before joining the faculty at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University. She taught there from 1998 until her retirement in 2007. She wrote several books with her husband Martin Tolchin including To the Victor¿: Political Patronage from the Clubhouse to the White House, Dismantling America: The Rush to Deregulate, Buying Into America: How Foreign Money Is Changing the Face of Our Nation, Selling Our Security: The Erosion of America's Assets, Clout: Womanpower and Politics, and Pinstripe Patronage: Political Favoritism from the Clubhouse to the White House ¿ and Beyond. She also wrote the book The Angry American: How Voter Rage Is Changing the Nation and compiled the government document Women in Congress, 1917-1976. She died of ovarian cancer on May 18, 2016 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos