The Motherless State: Women's Political Leadership and American Democracy
"The lack of female leadership in the United States is a serious puzzle. To solve it, this subtle and sophisticated book examines the very idea of the state and how the policies it enacts shape public attitudes that lead to the exclusion of women from national political office. The Motherless State fills a major gap in the literature on women and political leadership in the United States." - Ruth O'Brien, Graduate Center of the City University of New York"