Publications

This report explores the history of women's candidacies for the New Jersey Assembly and analyzes some of the reasons for the status of women as office-seekers in the state. 

This book examines political parties' recruitment of women candidates, the factors that affect the outcomes of women's primary election campaigns, the future officeholding ambitions of women candidates, and women candidates' views on women's issues. 

Because women bring a different set of life experiences into the political arena that affects their behavior as public officials, voters have good reason to view women politicians as agents of change.
 

This chapter assesses the political careers of women elected officials and offers suggestions for future research in this area.

This chapter evaluates the role of women state legislators and women's organizations in representation of women and women's culture in the United States.

This report highlights and summarizes selected findings from CAWP's study of women state legislators and from the eleven CAWP-sponsored studies of women officeholders' impact conducted by individual scholars. 

This report examines gender differences among state legislators in their policy views, actions, and perspectives on the legislative process. 

A summary report on the information from the Impact of Women in Public Office series. 

This collection of essays investigates the impact of elected and appointed women officeholders at the local, state, and national levels.

In December 1990, more than sixty statewide officials, state legislators, other practitioners and scholars gathered for the fourth annual State of the States symposium. The symposium focused on the problems and possibilities that exist for women, Black and Hispanic elected officials. Issues discussed included campaigning and elections, changing political institutions, shaping state policy, and achieving leadership positions. Workshop summaries and participating scholars' papers are included in the report.