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Women in the United States Congress : brief analyses with biographical and historical information / Gill L. Celeste, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Congressional policies, practices and procedures series.
- Congressional Policies, Practices and Procedures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress.
- United States.
- Women legislators--United States.
- Women legislators.
- Legislators--United States.
- Legislators.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (151 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book includes a discussion of the impact of women in Congress as well as historical information, including the number and percentage of women in Congress over time, means of entry to Congress, comparisons to international and state legislatures, records for tenure, firsts for women in Congress, women in leadership, and African American and Asian Pacific American women in Congress. This book also includes biographical information, including the names, committee assignments, dates of service, listings by Congress and state, and (for Representatives) congressional districts of the 297 women who have served in Congress.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 4, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-63117-747-8
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