Nancy L. Cohen, the president of Gender Equity Policy Institute, is an award-winning author, historian, and leading national expert on gender and American politics. She is the author of four books, including Delirium: The Politics of Sex in America, on anti-feminism and political polarization; Breakthrough: The Making of America’s First Woman President, on the history of women and political representation in contemporary America; and The Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 1865-1914, on social unrest and inequality in post-Civil War America.Nancy’s reporting and political analysis has been published in a wide range of outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today, and she has appeared as a guest on MSNBC and NPR. She speaks frequently at conferences, literary festivals, and universities across the nation.