1999: CAWP convenes a small working conference to to dev

CAWP convenes a small working conference to to develop strategies to enable women to capitalize upon the political opportunities created by term limits. Drawing upon the expertise of women state legislators in twelve states where term limits had gone into effect prior to 2000 along with representatives of women’s advocacy organizations and scholars, participants explored means to maintain and enhance women’s political representation. (See Term Limits and the Representation of Women by Mary Hawkesworth and Katherine E. Kleeman and subsequent research by CAWP Senior Scholar, Professor Susan Carroll and Krista Jenkins).