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  • Gender Politics and the Socializing Impact of the Women's Movement

    by Susan J. Carroll
    Book chapter in Political Learning in Adulthood: A Sourcebook of Theory and Research, edited by Roberta S. Sigel (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989)

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  • Elected Women Organize: Statewide Associations

    by Wendy S. Strimling 
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1986, 40 pages 

    This report examines the status of statewide associations of elected women in twelve states. The associations bring women together across party lines and from all levels of office.

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  • Women Candidates and Their Campaigns: A Bibliography

    Women Candidates and Their Campaigns: A Bibliography 
    1985, 22 pages 

    Includes listings on: general works on women candidates and their campaigns; background and recruitment of women candidates; voter reactions to women candidates; public opinion and the gender gap; financing of women's campaigns; and women's campaign organization and decision-making.

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  • Women in Legislative Leadership: Report from a Conference

    Center for American Women and Politics, 1986, 73 pages

    A report from CAWP's first conference for women holding legislative leadership positions, including committee chairs, held in November of 1985 in New Jersey. 

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