Research and Scholarship

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

  • 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.

    Report
    Research
    Civic and Political Activism
    Impact of Women Public Officials
  • 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.

    Report
    Candidates and Campaigns
  • 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. 

    Report
    Research
    State Legislature
  • Getting Women Appointed: New Jersey's Bipartisan Coalition

    by Kathy A. Stanwick
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1984, 20 pages

    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.

    Report
    New Jersey
    Research
    Women Political Appointees
  • Woman Candidates and Support for Feminist Concerns: The Closet Feminist Syndrome

    by Susan J. Carroll
    The Western Political Quarterly (June 1984) 

    Article
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    Candidates and Campaigns