Add to ORKGThe underrepresentation of female legislators is an important issue to investigate in our political system to improve women's role in government. I investigate factors that hinder and improve women's likelihood of being elected in state legislatures by using date from a variety of sources. The Center for American Women in Politics from Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics, Bloomberg News, Gallup Inc., and Elazar's work on political cultures contributed to this data to find factors across the nation that are strong determinants for the percentage of female legislators in each state. Overall, factors like the gender-equality ranking, political culture, conservativeness and religiosity of each state will have a direct impact on the number of...
Previous literature documents the steady increase in the number of women serving in state legislatur...
Most of the works on women’s political participation focused on women’s representation in national l...
Countless factors play into an individual’s decision to run for public office. This is true of every...
In 2018, women made huge representational gains in state legislatures across the country, but those ...
Over a century has passed since the first women were elected to state legislature positions in 1894....
The underrepresentation of women in state legislatures is a major concern in the United States. Base...
Historically, men have been elected to political offices at far higher rates than women. This patter...
A major concern in the United States is the underrepresentation of women in State Legislatures. Base...
Leading into the 2014 midterm elections, women formed close to one fifth of the officials representi...
The pipeline theory of women\u27s representation suggests that increases in female representation at...
As more and more women run for elected offices, the need for information surrounding women in politi...
The author considers the relationship between the percentage of women in state legislatures and the ...
A plethora of literature in gender and representation has been devoted to understanding disparities ...
A major concern in the United States is the underrepresentation of women in State Legislatures. Base...
Growing out of an interest in why there were not more women in state legislatures, the author’s 1978...
Previous literature documents the steady increase in the number of women serving in state legislatur...
Most of the works on women’s political participation focused on women’s representation in national l...
Countless factors play into an individual’s decision to run for public office. This is true of every...
In 2018, women made huge representational gains in state legislatures across the country, but those ...
Over a century has passed since the first women were elected to state legislature positions in 1894....
The underrepresentation of women in state legislatures is a major concern in the United States. Base...
Historically, men have been elected to political offices at far higher rates than women. This patter...
A major concern in the United States is the underrepresentation of women in State Legislatures. Base...
Leading into the 2014 midterm elections, women formed close to one fifth of the officials representi...
The pipeline theory of women\u27s representation suggests that increases in female representation at...
As more and more women run for elected offices, the need for information surrounding women in politi...
The author considers the relationship between the percentage of women in state legislatures and the ...
A plethora of literature in gender and representation has been devoted to understanding disparities ...
A major concern in the United States is the underrepresentation of women in State Legislatures. Base...
Growing out of an interest in why there were not more women in state legislatures, the author’s 1978...
Previous literature documents the steady increase in the number of women serving in state legislatur...
Most of the works on women’s political participation focused on women’s representation in national l...
Countless factors play into an individual’s decision to run for public office. This is true of every...