Research and Scholarship

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.

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.

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

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.