A Bathroom of Her Own

"A Bathroom of Her Own" is a short story by Robert A. Heinlein about a political campaign in the U.S. after World War II. Written in 1946, it was unpublished until printed in Heinlein's Expanded Universe (1980).^[1] The story has no science fiction or fantasy elements.

Heinlein wrote in a foreword: "Any old pol will recognize the politics in this story as the Real McCoy. Should be. Autobiographical in many details. Which details? Show me a warrant and I'll take the Fifth". Another political story of Heinlein's is "Our Fair City" (1949). Heinlein had a cynical view of politics from his experiences with Upton Sinclair's 1934 campaign for Governor of California and his own at the receiving end of supposed dirty tricks during a failed 1938 election campaign for the California State Assembly.