I read the first four or so Clancy books. I think the main issue with reading them now is that they are fairly dated in their world politics. We have them if you want to borrow them. There's only one main character (Jack Ryan's wife) that I even recall, and I liked her. Any idea what kind of wimmin issue your mom didn't like?
I don't remember exactly what she said...just that they didn't act like women really would...to the point where she found it distracting and irritating.
But she was kinda picky that way.