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CAWP research and research by CAWP scholars that addresses emerging questions about American women's political participation. 

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  • Report
    April 1, 1991

    Women, Black, and Hispanic State Elected Leaders: The 1990 Symposium on the State of the States

    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. 

  • Book Chapter
    September 27, 1990

    Female Suffrage in New Jersey, 1790-1807

    Conventional descriptions of how New Jersey women secured the right to vote in the late eighteenth century, and of the extent to which they took advantage of that right, tend to be incomplete. Moreover, the subsequent disenfranchisement of women was not principally a product of corruption in an 1807 Essec County referendum, as some maintain, as much as it was the result of a shift in the balance of power within the state.

  • Book Chapter
    January 15, 1989

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

    This chapter examines how the contemporary women's movement posed a challenge to the entrenched system of patriarchal relations that characterizes Western societies and the socialization processes that help maintain that system. Carroll describes the feminist movement as an agent of political socialization. 

  • Report
    December 1, 1986

    Elected Women Organize: Statewide Associations

    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.

  • Report
    November 17, 1985

    Women in Legislative Leadership: Report from a Conference

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

  • Report
    December 1, 1984

    Getting Women Appointed: New Jersey's Bipartisan Coalition

    This monograph documents the formation and activities in 1981 and 1982 of New Jersey's Bipartisan Coalition for Women's Appointments, an ad hoc group organized after CAWP convened a meeting of politically active women to discuss how to get more women appointed to state-level posts.

  • Article
    June 1, 1984

    Woman Candidates and Support for Feminist Concerns: The Closet Feminist Syndrome

  • Book
    December 1, 1983

    In the Running: The New Woman Candidate

    This book describes the emergence of women as candidates for elective office in the United States in the 1970s. Using a journalistic perspective, it analyzes the campaign experiences of women who are running for federal, state, and local offices across the country. 

  • Report
    December 1, 1983

    Women Appointed to State Government: A Comparison with All State Appointees

    This study examines appointed state cabinet-level officials. Based on data collected through telephone surveys, it compares the first-ever national profile of women in state cabinets to a profile of a sample of all appointees.

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