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Representation Matters: Women in the U.S. Congress

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February 26, 2019

Representation Matters: Women in the U.S. Congress

Source: Political Parity

The importance of having women serving in Congress is still not fully appreciated or understood. In order to document women’s contributions to governing and understand how women are navigating the contemporary environment of party polarization, the Center for American Women and Politics, with support from Political Parity, embarked on a major research study of the 114th Congress.

Click here to read the report. 

Resource type
Author
Kelly Dittmar, Kira Sanbonmatsu, Susan J. Carroll, Debbie Walsh, and Catherine Wineinger
Publisher
Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University
Publication year
2017

The importance of having women serving in Congress is still not fully appreciated or understood. In order to document women’s contributions to governing and understand how women are navigating the contemporary environment of party polarization, the Center for American Women and Politics, with support from Political Parity, embarked on a major research study of the 114th Congress.

Click here to read the report. 

Resource type
Author
Kelly Dittmar, Kira Sanbonmatsu, Susan J. Carroll, Debbie Walsh, and Catherine Wineinger
Publisher
Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University
Publication year
2017