Research and Scholarship

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.

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.