Kozakiewicz Ladies' Day at the Capitol

New York's Women Legislators, 1919-1992
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4384-9098-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

First history of New York's women legislators within the larger story of New York State politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kozakiewicz, Lauren

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Politics: The New York Story

2. Women and the New York Story

3. Pioneers and Placeholders: Legislators from 1919 through 1964

4. Activism and the Woman Legislator, 1965–1980

5. Activist-Era Profiles: Contrasting Career Paths

6. Women Organize as Women: Maximizing Leverage in the Office

7. Advocates for Women’s Issues

8. New York’s “Year of the Woman”: Gender and Politics in the 1992 Legislative Elections

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lauren Kozakiewicz is Lecturer in History at the University of Albany, State University of New York.