Woman in the House

Energy, sexism and Barack Obama: The first woman speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, discusses her new book about power in Washington, D.C.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who represents California's 8th Congressional District, covering much of San Francisco County, is the highest-ranking elected woman in U.S. history. And she has a new book coming out this week co-written with Amy Hill Hearth — Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters. The interview was conducted by Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/kvh

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