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Women and Congressional elections : a century of change / Barbara Palmer and Dennis Simon.
LIBRA HQ1236.5.U6 P36 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palmer, Barbara, 1967-
- Series:
- Tower Center political studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress.
- Women--Political activity--United States--History.
- Women.
- Women legislators--United States--History.
- Women legislators.
- Women political candidates--United States--History.
- Women political candidates.
- United States. Congress--Elections--History.
- United States.
- Elections.
- History.
- Women--Political activity.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2012]
- Summary:
- Political scientists Palmer (Baldwin-Wallace College) and Simon (Southern Methodist U.) investigate the history of women running for public office in the US and why the integration of women into Congress has taken so long. Coverage includes barriers to women in the first half of the 20th century; women running in primaries, winning primaries, and winning general elections into Congress from 1956 to 2010; the development of careerism in Congress and incumbency and the impact on women's political opportunities; transformations in individual decisions to run for office; comparisons of the competitive environment faced by female and male House incumbents; the developing gap between numbers of Democratic and Republican women in the House; the role of party in women candidates' success; and congressional women in the second half of the 21st century. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Preface
- Women of the early twentieth century
- A long slow road: the integration of women into Congress
- Arrested development: a history of careerism and incumbency
- Keeping it in the family: widows, daughters, and mothers
- Women as targets: understanding the competitive environment
- Red vs blue: a history of the party gap
- Demographics is destiny: where women are elected
- Women of the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781588268150
- 1588268152
- 9781588268402
- 1588268403
- OCLC:
- 769850879
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