Reshaping the Agenda: Women in State Legislatures

by Debra L. Dodson and Susan J. Carroll
Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1991, 122 pages

This report examines gender differences between state legislators in their policy views, actions, and perspectives on the legislative process. Based on surveys of a national sample of state legislators, the research shows women's increased presence in state legislatures has had an impact, and this impact is evident regardless of party, ideology, feminist identification, constituency ideology, seniority, age, or political insider status.