Women transforming Congress
By: edited by Cindy Simon Rosenthal
Contributors: Rosenthal, Cindy Simon, 1950-
Series: Congressional studies series -- v. 4
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Norman, OK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: United States. -- Congress; Women in politics -- United States; Women legislators -- United States; Women -- Government policy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-489) and index
Table of contents: title: Knowing Congress as a Gendered Institution: Manliness and the Implications of Women in Congress  / Georgia Duerst-Lahti; title: Representing Women: Congresswomen's  Perceptions of Their Representational Roles / Susan J. Carroll; title: Congress and the Transformation of the Women's Movement / Anne Costain and Heather Fraizer; title: Women's Changing Pathways to the U.S. House of Representatives: Widows, Elites, and Strategic Politicians / Irwin N. Gertzog; title: Women as Candidates in Congressional Elections / Richard E. Matland and David C. King; title: Are Women Candidates Transforming Campaign Communication? A Comparison of Advertising Videostyles in the 1990's / Dianne Bystrom and Lynda Lee Kaid; title: Female Legislators and the Women's Rights Agenda: From Feminine Mystique to Feminist Era  / Christina Wolbrecht; title: The Gendering of Cancer Policy: Media Advocacy and Congressional Policy Attention / Karen M. Kedrowski and Marilyn Stine Sarow; title: Transforming the Agenda: Analyzing Gender Differences in Women's Issue Bill Sponsorship / Michele L. Swers; title: Women, Committees, and Institutional Change in the Senate / Laura W. Arnold and Barbara M. King; title: Transforming Policy from the Inside: Participation in Committee / Noelle H. Norton; title: Invisible Power: Congressional Staff and Representation behind the Scenes / Cindy Simon Rosenthal and Lauren Cohen Bell; title: Enlarging Representation: Women Bringing Marginalized Perspectives to Floor Debate in the House of Representatives / Katherine Cramer Walsh; title: Legislative Careers: The Personal and the Political  / Sue Thomas, Rebekah Herrick, and Matthew Braunstein; title: Representing Women in Britain and the United States: The Quest for Numbers and Power / Joyce Gelb; title: Transforming the Future through New Leadership / Cindy Simon Rosenthal