Description: Contents Acknowledgments Introduction, by Susan J. Carroll Part I. Impact of Women in State and Local Offices 1. Representing Women: Women State Legislators as Agents of Policy-Related Change Susan J. Carroll 2. Words that Matter: Women's Voice and Institutional Bias in Public Policy Formation Lyn Kathlene 3. Acting as Women: The Effects and Limitations of Gender in Local Governance Susan Abrams Beck 4. . Local Elected Women and Policymaking: Movement Delegates or Feminist Trustees? Janet K. Boles Part II. The Importance of Political Context 5. "Senator-at-Large for America's Women": Margaret Chase Smith and the Paradox of Gender Affinity Janann Sherman 6. Foreign Policy Decision Makers: The Impact of Gender Nancy E. McGlen and Meredith Reid Sarkees 7. Do Women Leaders Make a Difference? Substance, Style and Perceptions Sue Tolleson-Rinehart 8. The Impact of Women in State Legislatures: Numerical and Organizational Strength Sue Thomas and Susan Welch Part III. The Effects of Identity Politics 9. Black Women in State Legislatures: The Relationship of Race and Gender to the Legislative Experience Edith J. Barrett 10. Feminist Judges: Challenging the Status Quo Elaine Martin 11. Acting for Women: Is What Legislators Say, What They Do? Debra L. Dodson Contributors Index

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