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

by Eileen McDonagh

American women attain more professional success than most of their counterparts around the world, but they lag surprisingly far behind in the national political arena. Women held only 15 percent of U.S. congressional seats in 2006, a proportion that ranks America behind eighty-two other countries in terms of females elected to legislative office. A compelling exploration of this deficiency, TheMotherless State reveals why the United...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226514552
• ISBN13: 9780226514550
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"