Women Transforming Congress

by Rosenthal, Cindy Simon

• ISBN13: 9780806134963
• ISBN10: 0806134968
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

From the first to one of the most recent--Jeannette Rankin (Montana, 1916) to Hillary Rodham Clinton (New York, 2001)--only two hundred women have ever served in the U.S. Congress. Have these relatively few women changed the predominantly masculine institution in which they serve? Have women as voters, activists, staff, and members made a difference? Edited by Cindy Simon Rosenthal, Women Transforming Congress examines the increasing influence of women on Congress and the ways in which gender defines and shapes Congress as a political institution. Written by women in politics and leading scholars on Congress, the essays in this volume go beyond the limitations of prior research through their diverse analytical approaches and singular historical breadth. The volume follows women on the campaign trail, in committee rooms, in floor debate, and in policy deliberations where previously the focus was on men's interests and activities. A gallery of photographs showing notable women from their earliest years of involvement with Congress to the present complements the essays.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs	xi
List of Tables and Figures	xv
Foreword	xix
Richard F. Fenno, Jr.
Preface and Acknowledgments	xxiii
Introduction	3	(17)
Cindy Simon Rosenthal
Knowing Congress as a Gendered Institution: Manliness and the Implications of Women in Congress	20	(30)
Georgia Duerst-Lahti
Representing Women: Congresswomen's Perceptions of Their Representational Roles	50	(19)
Susan J. Carroll
Congress and the Transformation of the Women's Movement	69	(26)
Anne Costain
Heather Fraizer
Women's Changing Pathways to the U.S. House of Representatives: Widows, Elites, and Strategic Politicians	95	(24)
Irwin N. Gertzog
Women as Candidates in Congressional Elections	119	(27)
Richard E. Matland
David C. King
Are Women Candidates Transforming Campaign Communication? A Comparison of Advertising Videostyles in the 1990s	146	(24)
Dianne Bystrom
Lynda Lee Kaid
Female Legislators and the Women's Rights Agenda: From Feminine Mystique to Feminist Era	170	(70)
Christina Wolbrecht
The Gendering of Cancer Policy: Media Advocacy and Congressional Policy Attention	240	(20)
Karen M. Kedrowski
Marilyn Stine Sarow
Transforming the Agenda: Analyzing Gender Differences in Women's Issue Bill Sponsorship	260	(24)
Michele L. Swers
Women, Committees, and Institutional Change in the Senate	284	(32)
Laura W. Arnold
Barbara M. King
Transforming Policy from the Inside: Participation in Committee	316	(25)
Noelle H. Norton
Invisible Power: Congressional Staff and Representation behind the Scenes	341	(29)
Cindy Simon Rosenthal
Lauren Cohen Bell
Enlarging Representation: Women Bringing Marginalized Perspectives to Floor Debate in the House of Representatives	370	(27)
Katherine Cramer Walsh
Legislative Careers: The Personal and the Political	397	(25)
Sue Thomas
Rebekah Herrick
Matthew Braunstein
Representing Women in Britain and the United States: The Quest for Numbers and Power	422	(23)
Joyce Gelb
Transforming the Future through New Leadership	445	(10)
Cindy Simon Rosenthal
References	455	(36)
List of Contributors	491	(4)
Index	495