Women in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Women as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders [2 volumes]
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Dianne G. Bystrom and Barbara Burrell. Women in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Women as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781610699747.
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Dianne G. Bystrom and Barbara Burrell. Women in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Women as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781610699747
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Dianne G. Bystrom and Barbara Burrell. (2018). Women in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Women as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders [2 volumes]. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781610699747
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This book examines how women candidates, voters, and office holders shape U.S. political processes and institutions, lending their perspectives to gradually evolve American life and values.
• Presents up-to-date encyclopedic coverage of a subject of great importance: women's progress in closing the gender gap in political power• Provides valuable context and illuminates specific areas of women's involvement in politics—for example, women as voters and women as local/state officeholders—in a nonpartisan way
• Offers both historical and current primary documents on the evolution of women in politics
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Women in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Women as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders [2 volumes]
Author(s): Dianne G. Bystrom and Barbara BurrellContributors: Bystrom, Dianne; Burrell, Barbara;Abstract:This book examines how women candidates, voters, and office holders shape U.S. political processes and institutions, lending their perspectives to gradually evolve American life and values.
• Presents up-to-date encyclopedic coverage of a subject of great importance: women's progress in closing the gender gap in political power• Provides valuable context and illuminates specific areas of women's involvement in politics—for example, women as voters and women as local/state officeholders—in a nonpartisan way
• Offers both historical and current primary documents on the evolution of women in politics
Editor(s): Bystrom, Dianne; Burrell, Barbara;SortTitle: women in the american political system: an encyclopedia of women as voters, candidates, and office holders [2 volumes]Author Info:Dianne G. BystromeditorBarbara BurrelleditoreISBN-13: 9781610699747Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781610699747.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781610699730Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 848Publication Date: 20181231Table of Contents pages: 1 2
- Napolitano, Janet (1957–) V2:321438
- NARAL Pro-Choice America V2:323440
- National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) V2:326443
- National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC) V2:328445
- National Coalition against Domestic Violence (NCADV) V2:331448
- National Congress of Black Women (NCBW) V2:333450
- National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) V2:334451
- National Federation of Democratic Women (NFDW) V2:336453
- National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) V2:337454
- National Organization for Women (NOW) V2:339456
- National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) V2:341458
- National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) V2:342459
- National Woman’s Party (NWP) V2:344461
- National Woman’s Rights Convention (1850) V2:346463
- National Women’s Conference (1977) V2:349466
- National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) V2:351468
- Nineteenth Amendment (August 26, 1920) V2:352469
- Noonan, Peggy (1950–) V2:355472
- North American Indian Women’s Association (NAIWA) V2:356473
- Norton, Eleanor Holmes (1937–) V2:358475
- Norton, Gale (1954–) V2:361478
- O V2:365482
- P V2:375492
- Palin, Sarah (1964–) V2:375492
- Parks, Rosa (1913–2005) V2:380497
- Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (2003) V2:382499
- Partisanship, Gender Differences in V2:384501
- Paul, Alice (1885–1977) V2:386503
- Pay Equity. V2:389506
- Pelosi, Nancy (1940–) V2:389506
- People v. Sanger (118 N.E. 637) (N.Y. 1918) V2:392509
- Perkins, Frances (1880–1965) V2:393510
- Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corporation (400 U.S. 542) (1971) V2:395512
- Pipeline Theory V2:397514
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) V2:399516
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (505 U.S. 833) (1992) V2:401518
- Policy Preferences, Gender Differences in V2:403520
- Political Ambition, Gender Differences in V2:408525
- Political Gender Quotas V2:410527
- Political Knowledge, Gender Differences in V2:412529
- Political Participation, Gender Differences in V2:415532
- Political Socialization, Gender Differences in V2:417534
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978) V2:419536
- President’s Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) V2:421538
- Public Opinion of Women Candidates and Officeholders V2:424541
- R V2:427544
- Rankin, Jeannette (1880–1973) V2:427544
- Rape Shield Laws V2:429546
- Recruitment of Women Candidates V2:431548
- Redstockings of the Women’s Liberation Movement V2:435552
- Reed v. Reed (404 U.S. 71) (1971) V2:437554
- Reno, Janet (1938–2016) V2:439556
- Rice, Condoleezza (1954–) V2:442559
- Richards, Ann (1933–2006) V2:444561
- Right-to-Life (Pro-Life) Movement V2:446563
- Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113) (1973) V2:449566
- Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884–1962) V2:451568
- Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (1952–) V2:454571
- Ross, Nellie Tayloe (1876–1977) V2:455572
- Rostker v. Goldberg (453 U.S. 57) (1981) V2:457574
- S V2:461578
- Salter, Susanna M. (1860–1961) V2:461578
- Sanger, Margaret (1879–1966) V2:463580
- Sawyer, Diane (1945–) V2:466583
- Schlafly, Phyllis (1924–2016) V2:468585
- Schroeder, Patricia (1940–) V2:471588
- Second-Wave Feminism V2:473590
- Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention (1848) V2:476593
- Sexual Harassment Policy V2:477594
- Shaheen, Jeanne (1947–) V2:480597
- Shaw, Anna Howard (1847–1919) V2:481598
- She-PAC V2:483600
- Smeal, Eleanor (1939–) V2:484601
- Smith, Margaret Chase (1897–1995) V2:488605
- Smith, Mary Louise (1914–1997) V2:490607
- Snowe, Olympia (1947–) V2:492609
- Sotomayor, Sonia (1954–) V2:494611
- Stabenow, Debbie (1950–) V2:497614
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815–1902) V2:498615
- State Commissions on the Status of Women V2:501618
- Stefanik, Elise M. (1984–) V2:503620
- Steinem, Gloria (1934–) V2:506623
- Stone, Lucy (1818–1893) V2:508625
- STOP ERA V2:510627
- Substantive Representation of Women V2:512629
- Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List V2:514631
- T V2:517634
- Take Our Daughters to Work Day (TODWD) V2:517634
- Tarbell, Ida (1857–1944) V2:519636
- Taylor v. Louisiana (419 U.S. 522) (1975) V2:522639
- Temperance Movement, Women in the V2:523640
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) V2:525642
- Terrell, Mary Church (1863–1954) V2:527644
- Third-Wave Feminism V2:530647
- Thomas, Helen (1920–2013) V2:533650
- Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 V2:534651
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 V2:538655
- Truth, Sojourner (1797–1883) V2:540657
- Tubman, Harriet (c. 1820–1913) V2:542659
- U V2:547664
- UAW v. Johnson Controls, Inc. (499 U.S. 187) (1991) V2:547664
- United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985) V2:548665
- United Nations World Conferences on Women (1975, 1980, 1985, 1995) V2:550667
- United States v. Susan B. Anthony (1873) V2:552669
- United States v. Virginia (518 U.S. 515) (1996) V2:555672
- V V2:559676
- W V2:567684
- Walters, Barbara (1929–) V2:567684
- “War against Women” V2:568685
- Warren, Elizabeth (1949–) V2:570687
- Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (1966–) V2:573690
- Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph (408 F.2d 228 [5th Cir.]) (1969) V2:575692
- Westwood, Jean (1923–1997) V2:577694
- Whitman, Christine Todd (1946–) V2:578695
- Widow’s Mandate V2:580697
- Willard, Frances (1839–1898) V2:582699
- Wilson, Marie C. (1941–) V2:585702
- WISH List V2:586703
- Woman Suffrage Movement V2:588705
- Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) V2:588705
- Women of All Red Nations (WARN) V2:590707
- Women’s Campaign Fund (WCF) V2:592709
- Women’s Educational Equity Act (1974) V2:593710
- Women’s Equality Day (August 26) V2:595712
- Women’s March on Washington (2017) V2:597714
- Woodhull, Victoria (1838–1927) V2:600717
- Y V2:603720
- Primary Documents V2:607724
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,”Seneca Falls Convention (July 19–20, 1848) V2:607724
- Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” Speech (May 28, 1851) V2:610727
- Speech Delivered by Susan B. Anthony after Being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election (1873) V2:611728
- Mary Church Terrell’s “What It Means to Be Colored in the Capital of the United States” Speech (October 10, 1906) V2:616733
- Anna Howard Shaw’s “The Fundamental Principle of a Republic” Speech (June 21, 1915) V2:618735
- Carrie Chapman Catt’s “The Crisis” Speech (September 7, 1916) V2:621738
- Carrie Chapman Catt’s Address to the U.S. Congress (December 13, 1917*) V2:625742
- Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (August 26, 1920) V2:629746
- Margaret Sanger’s “The Morality of Birth Control” Speech (November 18, 1921) V2:630747
- Margaret Chase Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience” Speech (June 1, 1950) V2:633750
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (July 2, 1964) V2:636753
- Shirley Chisholm’s “Equal Rights for Women” Speech (May 21, 1969) V2:642759
- Equal Rights Amendment (October 12, 1971) V2:644761
- Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (July 1, 1972) V2:644761
- Roe v. Wade, Majority Opinion by Associate Justice Harry Blackmun (1973) V2:648765
- Barbara Jordan’s Statement on the Articles of Impeachment, House Judiciary Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (July 25, 1974) V2:652769
- Ann Richards’s Inauguration Address as Governor of Texas (January 15, 1991) V2:653770
- Anita F. Hill’s Testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, on the Nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (October 11, 1991) V2:655772
- Violence against Women Act (VAWA) (September 13, 1994) V2:660777
- “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights,” Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Remarks at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women (September 5, 1995) V2:669786
- Geraldine Ferraro’s Speech on Blood Cancers to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations (June 21, 2001) V2:674791
- Hillary Clinton’s Nomination Address for U.S. Secretary of State (January 13, 2009) V2:675792
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (January 29, 2009) V2:677794
- Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s Dissenting Opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014) V2:680797
- Select Bibliography V2:687804
- About the Editors and Contributors V2:695812
- Index V2:701818
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