This bibliography spotlights the most recent and relevant scholarship on gender and executive office, focusing specifically on research related to presidential campaigns.
Books
Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox
Joanne Bamberger, 2015
Framing Sarah Palin: Pit Bulls, Puritans, and Politics.
Linda Beail and Rhonda Kinney Longworth, 2012
Madam President: Women Blazing the Leadership Trail
Eleanor Clift, 2003
What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2017
Women for President: Media Bias in Nine Campaigns
Erika Falk, 2010
Madam President: Is America Ready to Send Hillary Clinton to the White House?
Suzanne Goldenberg, 2008
Almost Madam President: Why Hillary Clinton "Won" in 2008
Nichola Gutgold, 2009
Paving the Way for Madam President
Nichola Gutgold, 2006
In It to Win It: Electing Madam President
Lori Cox Han, 2007
Rethinking Madam President: Are We Ready for a Woman in the White House?
Lori Cox Han and Caroline Heldman, 2007
Sex and Gender in the 2016 Presidential Election
Caroline Heldman, Meredith Conroy, and Alissa R. Ackerman, 2016
Man Enough? Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity
Jackson Katz, 2016
Leading Men: Presidential Campaigns and the Politics of Manhood
Jackson Katz, 2012
Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: What It Will Take for a Woman to Win
Anne E. Kornblut, 2011
Nasty Women & Bad Hombres: Gender & Race in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Christine A. Kray, Tamar W. Carroll, Hinda Mandell, 2018
Hillary Clinton's Race for the White House: Gender Politics & Media on the Campaign Trail
Regina G. Lawrence and Melody Rose, 2009
The Presidency and Women: Promise, Performance, and Illusion
Janet Martin, 2003
The Gendered Executive: A Comparative Analysis of Presidents, Prime Ministers & Chief Executives -
Janet Martin, Maryanne Borelli, 2016
Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World
Jennifer Palmieri, 2018
Hillary Clinton in the News: Gender and Authenticity in American Politics
Shawn J. Parry-Giles, 2014
Women & Executive Office: Pathways and Performance
Melody Rose, 2012
You've Come a Long Way Maybe: Michelle, Sarah, Hillary, & the Shaping of the New American Woman
Leslie Sanchez, 2009
What Will It Take to Make a Woman President?
Marianne Schnall, 2013
Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture
Kristina Horn Sheeler and Karrin Vasby Anderson, 2013
Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election That Changed Everything for American Women
Rebecca Traister, 2011
Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics
Justin S. Vaugn and Lilly J. Goren, 2013
Anticipating Madam President
Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon, 2003
Articles
Anderson, Karrin Vasby. 2002. “From Spouses to Candidates: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Elizabeth Dole, and the Gendered Office of U.S. President.” Rhetoric & Public Affairs 5(1): 105-132.
Bystrom, Dianne, and Daniela V. Dimitrova. 2014. “Migraines, Marriage, and Mascara: Media Coverage of Michele Bachmann in the 2012 Republican Presidential Campaign.” American Behavioral Scientist 58 (9): 1169-82.
Carroll, Susan J. 2009. “Reflections on Gender and Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign: The Good, the Bad, and the Misogynic.” Politics & Gender 5: 1-20
Carroll, Susan J., and Kelly Dittmar. 2010. “The 2008 candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin: cracking the ‘highest, hardest glass ceiling’.” In Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics (2nd Ed.), eds. Susan J.Carroll and Richard L. Fox. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
Dittmar, Kelly, and Susan J. Carroll. 2014. “Cracking the ‘Highest, Hardest Glass Ceiling’: Women as Presidential and Vice Presidential Contenders.” In Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics (3rd Ed.), eds. Susan J. Carroll and Richard L. Fox. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
Duerst-Lahti, Georgia. 2006. “Presidential Elections: Gendered Space and the Case of 2004,” Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, eds. Susan J. Carroll and Richard L. Fox. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Duerst-Lahti, Georgia. 2010. “Presidential Elections: Gendered Space and the Case of 2008.” In Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics (2nd Ed.), eds. Susan J.Carroll and Richard L. Fox. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
Duerst-Lahti, Georgia. 2014. “Presidential Elections: Gender Space and the Case of 2012,” Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics (3rd Ed.), eds. Susan J. Carroll and Richard L. Fox. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Falk, Erica and Kate Kenski. 2006. “Sexism Versus Partisanship: A new look at the question of whether America is ready for a woman president.” Sex Roles 54(7-8): 413-428.
Gordon, Ann and Jerry Miller. 2001. “Does the Oval Office Have a Glass Ceiling? Gender Stereotypes and Perceptions of Candidate Viability.” White House Studies 1(3): 325-336.
Heldman, Caroline, Susan Carroll, and Stephanie Olson. 2005. ” ‘She Brought Only a Skirt’: Print
Media Coverage of Elizabeth Dole’s Bid for the Republican Presidential Nomination.” Political Communication 22(3): 315-335.
Huddy, Leonie and Tony E. Carey Jr. 2009. “Group Politics Redux: Race and Gender in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries.” Politics & Gender 5.
Junn, Jane. 2009. “Making Room for Women of Color: Race and Gender Categories in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.” Politics & Gender 5: 105-110.
Kenski, Kate and Erika Falk. 2004. “Of What is the Glass Ceiling Made?: A Study of Attitudes about
Women and the Oval Office.” Women and Politics 26 (2): 57-80.
Mandel, Ruth B. 2007. “She’s the Candidate! A Woman for President.” In Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change, eds. Barbara Kellerman and Deborah L. Rhode. Jossey-Bass.
McClain, Paula D., Niambi M. Carter, and Michael C. Brady. 2005. “Gender and Black Presidential Politics: From Chisholm to Moseley Braun.” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 27(1-2): 51-68.
Miller, Melissa K., and Jeffrey S. Peake. 2013. “Press Effects, Public Opinion, and Gender: Coverage of Sarah Palin’s Vice-Presidential Campaign.” International Journal of Press/Politics 18 (4): 482-507.
Paul, David, and Jessi L. Smith. 2008. “Subtle Sexism? Examining Vote Preferences When Women Run Against Men for the Presidency.”Journal of Women, Politics and Policy 29(4): 451-76.
Rosenwasser, Shirley M. and Jana Seale. 1998. “Attitudes Toward a Hypothetical Male or Female Presidential Candidate–A Research Note.” Political Psychology 9 (4): 591-598
Streb, Matthew J., Barbara Burrell, Brian Frederick, and Michael A. Genovese. 2008. “Social Desirability Effects and Support for a Female American President,” Public Opinion Quarterly 72 (1): 76-89.