women who broke the political glass ceiling; the most assigned books in american colleges /

Coming up on nowadays's explain:Capital New York's Jimmy Vielkind talks about final budget negotiations as the April 1 deadline approaches.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein is the most popularly-assigned work of fiction in American colleges. Hear about other most-assigned books, and we'll take calls from teachers.
Historian Ellen Fitzpatrick talks about the early attempts of women to shatter the highest glass ceiling.

Source: wnyc.org