TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Sue AU - Wilcox,Clyde ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Women and elective office: past, present, and future AV - HQ1391.U5 W63 2005eb U1 - 320/.082 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Women in public life KW - United States KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Women political candidates KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Introduction : women and difference / Sue Thomas -- Campaign financing / Barbara Burrell -- How the public views women candidates / Kathleen Dolan -- Women candidates for Congress / Heather Ondercin and Susan Welch -- Different portraits, different leaders? : gender differences in U.S. senators' presentation of self / Kim L. Fridkin and Gina Serignese Woodall -- Do women and men state legislators differ? / Michael J. Epstein, Richard G. Niemi, and Lynda W. Powell -- Women and Congress : do they act as advocates for women's issues? / Michele L. Swers and Carin Larson -- Women and Congress : behind the scenes / Debra Dodson -- Indelible effects : the impact of women of color in the U.S. Congress / Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Katherine Tate, and Janelle Wong -- Change and continuity in the geography of women state legislators / Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox -- Women leading legislatures : getting there and getting things done / Cindy Simon Rosenthal -- In a different voice : women and the policy process / Lyn Kathlene -- Institutional gendering : theoretical insights into the environment of women officeholders / Georgia Duerst-Lahti -- Women as political leaders worldwide : cultural barriers and opportunites / Pippa Norris & Ronald Inglehart -- Prospects for cracking the political glass ceiling : the future of women officeholders in the twenty-first century / Jean Schroedel & Marcia Godwin; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10271514 ER -