honors thesisCollege of Social & Behavioral SciencePolitical ScienceMorgan Lyon CottiA record number of women were elected to Congress in the November 2014 elections, making the 114th Congress the first to boast over 100 females (McGregor, 2014). With 104 women, it seemed that the current Congress was a positive step for American political parity (Warner, 2015). However, this achievement is far from momentous considering women only gained 14 seats more than the 113th Congress (Warner, 2015). Since suffrage was achieved in 1919, the number of women in United States politics pales in comparison to other nations. In fact, the United States ranks an unimpressive 33rd globally for the number of national female legislators (DeSilver, 2015). Despi...
Does the election of women in the US cause other women to vote or run for office themselves? The ele...
Women around the world have faced many obstacles and inequalities throughout history. Women in the U...
HILE the proportion of offices held by women at the state and local level increased rapidly in the s...
This thesis seeks to explore why so fewer women seek political candidacy in the United States. I beg...
A century after women won the right to vote they remain significantly under-represented in federal a...
Analyzes the factors behind women's underrepresentation in public office; the degree to which gender...
The main aim of this paper is to examine the underrepresentation of women in United States elected o...
Women are running for office more frequently than they have in the past. However, women are still ru...
Of the 535 seats in the 114th U.S. Congress, women hold 104, or just over 19 percent. While this is ...
Leading into the 2014 midterm elections, women formed close to one fifth of the officials representi...
The purpose of this article is to examine the reasons for the unequal political representation of wo...
This poster will discuss possible reasons why we see less women in government positions in the US, e...
Research shows that when women run, they win just as often as men. Evidence suggests, however, that ...
The underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in United States politics are conditions that...
Women’s representation in United States politics has increased but remains substantially lower than ...
Does the election of women in the US cause other women to vote or run for office themselves? The ele...
Women around the world have faced many obstacles and inequalities throughout history. Women in the U...
HILE the proportion of offices held by women at the state and local level increased rapidly in the s...
This thesis seeks to explore why so fewer women seek political candidacy in the United States. I beg...
A century after women won the right to vote they remain significantly under-represented in federal a...
Analyzes the factors behind women's underrepresentation in public office; the degree to which gender...
The main aim of this paper is to examine the underrepresentation of women in United States elected o...
Women are running for office more frequently than they have in the past. However, women are still ru...
Of the 535 seats in the 114th U.S. Congress, women hold 104, or just over 19 percent. While this is ...
Leading into the 2014 midterm elections, women formed close to one fifth of the officials representi...
The purpose of this article is to examine the reasons for the unequal political representation of wo...
This poster will discuss possible reasons why we see less women in government positions in the US, e...
Research shows that when women run, they win just as often as men. Evidence suggests, however, that ...
The underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in United States politics are conditions that...
Women’s representation in United States politics has increased but remains substantially lower than ...
Does the election of women in the US cause other women to vote or run for office themselves? The ele...
Women around the world have faced many obstacles and inequalities throughout history. Women in the U...
HILE the proportion of offices held by women at the state and local level increased rapidly in the s...