Research and Scholarship

CAWP research and research by CAWP scholars that addresses emerging questions about American women's political participation. 

  • Woman Candidates and Support for Feminist Concerns: The Closet Feminist Syndrome

    by Susan J. Carroll
    The Western Political Quarterly (June 1984) 

    Article
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    Candidates and Campaigns
  • Women Appointed to State Government: A Comparison with All State Appointees

    by Susan J. Carroll and Barbara Geiger-Parker 
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    1983, 119 pages

    This study examines appointed state cabinet-level officials. Based on data collected through telephone surveys, it compares the first-ever national profile of women in state cabinets to a profile of a sample of all appointees.

    Report
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    Women Political Appointees
    Statewide Executive
  • Women's Routes to Elective Office: A Comparison with Men's

    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1983, 223 pages

    Based on data collected through surveys of women and men elected to state legislatures, county governing boards, and municipal offices, this report examines the factors which influence women's entry into elective offices. A major section focuses on black women's routes to elective office.

    Report
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    Candidates and Campaigns
    Candidate Recruitment
  • Women Appointed to the Carter Administration: A Comparison with Men

    by Susan J. Caroll and Barbara Geiger-Parker
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1983, 88 pages

    This first-ever profile of women who have held high-level appointive offices at the federal level analyzes data about all the women and a sample of the men who served in high-level appointed positions under President Jimmy Carter. Women who served in selected positions on the president's and vice-president's staffs are also included.

    Report
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    Women Political Appointees
    Federal Executive
  • Political Women Tell What It Takes

    by Kathy A. Stanwick
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    1983, 37 pages

    This report focuses on the roles that political parties, women's organizations, and individual women have played in recruiting and supporting women candidates and appointees. 

    Report
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    Political Parties
    Civic and Political Activism
    Candidate Recruitment
    Women Political Appointees
    Impact of Women Public Officials
  • In the Running: The New Woman Candidate

    by Ruth B. Mandel
    Beacon Press, 1981, paperback 1983, 280 pages 

    This book describes the emergence of women as candidates for elective office in the United States in the 1970s. Using a journalistic perspective, it analyzes the campaign experiences of women who are running for federal, state, and local offices across the country. 

    Book
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    Candidates and Campaigns
  • Women's PACs

    by Katherine E. Kleeman 
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1983, 28 pages

    This monograph, based on information gathered at a meeting with representatives of fourteen political action committees which solely or primarily support women candidates, describes some of the key questions faced by such groups, and illustrates the varied ways in which they have answered these questions.

    Report
    Research
    Civic and Political Activism
  • Women Make a Difference

    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1983, 48 pages 

    The report outlines steps which may be taken to expand women's participation in politics, focusing on those findings which are relevant and useful for women interested in seeking public office and for people who conduct programs to increase women's numbers in public life.

    Report
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    Candidates and Campaigns
    Candidate Recruitment
    Impact of Women Public Officials
  • Women State Legislators: Report from a Conference

    Center for American Women and Politics, 1982, 102 pages 
     

    A report from CAWP's second conference for women state legislators, held in June 1982 on Cape Cod under a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. A central focus of the conference was women's legislative caucuses and other ways for women to work together.

    Report
    Research
    State Legislature