The Motherless State: Women's Political Leadership and American Democracy

by Eileen McDonagh (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $33.82

  Reveals why the US differs from comparable democracies that routinely elect far more women to their national governing bodies and chief executive positions. Explaining that equal rights alone do not ensure equal access to political office, this title shows that electoral gender parity also requires public policies that represent maternal traits.