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Beyond The Gender Gap: Women Of Color In The 1996 Election, Carol Hardy-Fanta

Publications from the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy

National and State exit polls provide a wealth of information on the public opinions of women of color, beyond the choice of candidate and standard research questions of partisanship and ideology. Policy issues and ballot questions provide a window into the positions of voters who are women of color. (Many more than those analyzed for this paper are available in the exit poll datasets.) One of the major conclusions of this study must be to expand the political agenda of women and communities of color and insist on more representative polling with larger minority samples (especially for Asian Americans). Nevertheless, …

Mlgpa News (December 1996), Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

Mlgpa News (September 1996), Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

Mlgpa News (August 1996), Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

Correspondence: Democratic National Committee’S Women’S Leadership Forum, Dnc Women's Leadership Forum

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter from the DNC Women’s Leadership Forum to Dr. Edna L. Saffy with thanks for her generous contribution and participation in an event in Washington, D.C.

Mlgpa News (March 1996), Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance [Newsletter] (September 1995), Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance

Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance (1987, 1991-1995)

No abstract provided.

Latina Women And Political Leadership: Implications For Latino Community Empowerment, Carol Hardy-Fanta

New England Journal of Public Policy

Mainstream studies of Latino politics have tended to reflect a primarily male view of political participation and political leadership. In such a view, the study of Latino political leadership continues the tradition of viewing leadership as derived from official positions in elected or appointed office and informal organizations. This article demonstrates that (1) contrary to prevailing myths, Latina women in Massachusetts run for and are elected to office in very high numbers, and (2) when the definition of political leadership is expanded to include community-based, not solely position-derived, forms of leadership, Latino community empowerment may depend, to a great extent, …

Capitol Notebook ([Summer 1993]), Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance

Capitol Notebook (1993)

No abstract provided.

Capitol Notebook ([Jan/Feb 1993]), Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance

Capitol Notebook (1993)

No abstract provided.

Black Women And The American Political System, Dorothy A. Clark

Trotter Review

Black women and politics—it is an association rarely made by the American electorate. As a group, black women have never been prominent players in the nation's political arena. In a system of decision making and power holding designed and dominated by white men, black women are an alien group in the formal political process. Their participation in that process has been limited—indeed often blocked—by a hierarchical system of race, gender, and class oppression that relegates black women to the lowest rungs of the political power ladder.

Correspondence: Letter From Office Of The Mayor Of Jacksonville, March 25, 1991, Thomas L. Hazouri

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter from Mayor Thomas L. Hazouri to Dr. Edna L. Saffy with congratulations for the Building Bridges: Building Community Conference.

Women And Power: Women In Politics, Cathleen Douglas Stone

New England Journal of Public Policy

Are women making progress in the political arena, or are their frustrations at access to elective office severe enough to warrant their own political party? This article examines the statistics and argues that women should seize political power by voting as a bloc. As loyalty to traditional parties declines while their interest in and sensitivity to social issues grows, the moment is right for a real increase in women's political power.

Women, Politics, And The Nineties: The Abortion Debate, Susan Estrich

New England Journal of Public Policy

The fight for political empowerment of women may finally break wide open over the issues of reproductive freedom. This article posits that while public attention has focused on courtroom attempts to limit Roe v. Wade, the issues will ultimately be decided in the political arena. Here, Estrich says, the framer of the question may be the ultimate victor. For those on the pro-choice side of the debate, the next election cycle may be their first real opportunity to vote as a bloc and wield real political power.

Typed Document: Class Meeting Mcc 5935, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Class notes for MCC 5935, January 13, 1988.

One Potato, Two Potato (Mlgpa Newsletter) (Oct 1987), Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance

Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance (1987, 1991-1995)

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Women Legislators On Introduction Of Social Legislation Into A Southern State House, Marjorie A. Baney

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The study investigated the interest of male and female legislators in social legislation as measured by the number of bills each group introduced. Legislators included in the study were the entire female population of the North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives serving between January and July 1981, and an equal number of their male colleagues randomly selected. Comparisons of the female and male legislators in the study criteria such as number of legislative terms served, relative power of committees on which they served, number of committee chairpersonships and independent rankings and effectiveness by colleagues, lobbyists and the media revealed …

The American Liberalism Of Eleanor Roosevelt, Janet Wolfe

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A biographical study of the life of Eleanor Roosevelt was undertaken to explore the various obstacles she was required to overcome as she grew to become an influential figure in the world of liberal politics. During the New Deal years her influence was most visible as she traveled across the country and relayed to her husband the concerns of the average man. As a delegate to the United Nations, after the death of her husband, Eleanor's devotion toward attaining a United Nations which would keep peace among all nations and her ability to carry out tasks in a patient and …

Flyer: General Information, Era Ratification Assembly

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Flyer to inform people of the BPW ERA Ratification Assembly held in Houston, Texas in conjunction with the National Women’s Conference. Date: November 18, 1977

Program: Souvenir Program Hemispheric Conference For Women ’76 With Handwritten Notes

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Souvenir program for the Hemispheric Conference for Women '76 with some handwritten notes by Edna L. Saffy. Date: August 1976

Women In The Political Elite, Lois M. Guymon

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 3 – The Sociology Of The Middle Years, Wku Sociology

WKU Administration Documents

Table of Contents:

• Bart, Pauline B. Why Women’s Status Changes in Middle Age
• Bourque, Linda Brookover & Kurt W. Back. The Middle Years Seen Through the Life Graph
• Davidson, James D. Religious Involvement & Middle Age
• Deutscher, Irwin. From Parental to Post-Parental Life: Exploring Shifting Expectations
• Geschwender, James A. & Benjamin D. Singer. Riot Participation & the Middle Years
• Herb, Terry R. Middle Age & Aging: Neugarten’s Approach
• Levin, Jack & Gerald Taube. Attitudes Toward Public Housing Among Middle Age Tenants
• Levin, Martin L., William W. Pendleton & Lewis Bowman. Political Partisanship of Middle Age Voters
• Mayer, Thomas F. Middle …