Women in the American Political System [2 Volumes]
Author | : Dianne G. Bystrom |
Publisher | : ABC-CLIO |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781610699730 |
ISBN-13 | : 1610699734 |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book examines how women candidates, voters, and office holders shape U.S. political processes and institutions, lending their perspectives to gradually evolve American life and values. It presents up-to-date encyclopedic coverage of a subject of great importance: women's progress in closing the gender gap in political power, provides valuable context and illuminates specific areas of women's involvement in politics-for example, women as voters and women as local/state officeholders-in a nonpartisan way and offers both historical and current primary documents on the evolution of women in politics.