Women and Elective Office

Sue Thomas is Senior Research Scientist and Director of PIRE-Santa Cruz. Clyde Wilcox is a professor in the Government Department at Georgetown.

1. Introduction ; Sue Thomas ; 2. Women's Under-Representation in U.S. Politics: The Enduring Gender Gap in Political Ambition ; Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox, and Gail Baitinger ; 3. Voter Attitudes, Behaviors, and Women Candidates ; Timothy R. Lynch and Kathleen Dolan ; 4. The Race for the Presidency: Hillary Rodham Clinton ; Regina G. Lawrence and Melody Rose ; 5. Hillary Rodham-Clinton: A Case Study in the Rhetoric of Female Political Figures ; Moana Vercoe, Randall Gonzalez, and Jean Reith Schroedel ; 6. Women and Campaigns ; Rebekah Herrick and Jeanette Morehouse Mendez ; 7. Conservative Women Run for Office ; Ronnee Schreiber ; 8. Different Portraits, Different Leaders? Gender Differencesin U.S. Senators' Presentationof Self ; Kim L. Fridkin and Patrick J. Kenney ; 9. Female Governors and Gubernatorial Candidates ; Valerie R. O'Regan and Stephen J.Stambough ; 10. Representing Women's Interests in a Polarized Congress ; Michele L. Swers ; 11. Women State Legislators:Women's Issues in Partisan Environments ; Tracy Osborn and Rebecca Kreitzer ; 12. Entry Level Politics? Women as Candidates and Elected Officials at the Local Level ; Laura van Assendelft ; 13. Judicial Women ; Sally J. Kenney ; 14. Woman of Color Candidates and Officeholders ; Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Katherine Tate, and Janelle Wong ; 15. Lesbian Candidates and Officeholders ; Donald P. Haider-Markel and Chelsie Lynn Moore Bright ; 16. The Geography of Women ; Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox ; 17. Women in Elective Office Worldwide: Barriers and Opportunities ; Pippa Norris and Mona Lena Krook