Women Transforming Congress / Edition 1

by Cindy Simon Rosenthal

Overview

From the first to one of the most recent—Jeannette Rankin (Montana, 1916) to Hillary Rodham Clinton (New York, 2001)—only two hundred women have ever served in the U.S. Congress. Have these relatively few women changed the predominantly masculine institution in which they serve? Have women as voters, activists, staff, and members made a difference? Edited by Cindy Simon Rosenthal, Women Transforming Congress examines the increasing influence of women on Congress and the ways in which gender defines and shapes Congress as a political institution.

Written by women in politics and leading scholars on Congress, the essays in this volume go beyond the limitations of prior research through their diverse analytical approaches and singular historical breadth. The volume follows women on the campaign trail, in committee rooms, in floor debate, and in policy deliberations where previously the focus was on men’s interests and activities. A gallery of photographs showing notable women from their earliest years of involvement with Congress to the present complements the essays.

 

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806134963
Publisher:	University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date:	02/17/2003
Series:	Congressional Studies Series , #4
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

Cindy Simon Rosenthalis Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. She has served as Director and Curator of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center and as Mayor of Norman from 2007 to 2016.