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         Women In Politics:     more books (100)
  1. The New Power of Women in Politics (Issues in Focus) by Kathlyn Gay, 1994-11
  2. Burmese Women by Occupation: Burmese Female Models, Burmese Women in Politics, Burmese Women Writers, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ludu Daw Amar
  3. Women in Politics by Sharon Whitney, Thomas P. Raynor, 1986-10
  4. French Women in Politics: Writing Power, Paternal Legitimization, and Maternal Legacies by Raylene L. Ramsay, 2003-03
  5. Women in Politics (Hansard Society Series in Politics & Government)
  6. Emergence of Elite Women in Politics
  7. Careers for Women in Politics (Career Resource Library) by Richard S. Lee, Mary Price Lee, 1989-07
  8. Women In Politics (Single Titles) by Karen Zeinert, 2002-09-01
  9. Women in Politics in Thailand by Kazuki Iwanaga, 2005-01
  10. Women in Politics
  11. The Role of Nigerian Women in Politics: Past and Present by Patrick K. Uchendu, 1993-04
  12. Across the Political Spectrum: Oklahoma Women in Politics in the Early Twentieth Century, 1900-1930 by Suzanne H. Schrems, Sue Schrems, 2001-12
  13. Argentine Women by Occupation: Argentine Female Models, Argentine Female Singers, Argentine Women in Politics, Argentine Women Writers
  14. Still Counting: Women in Politics Across Canada by Linda Trimble, Jane Arscott, 2003-04-01

41. Women In Politics
women in politics AND SOCIAL SERVICE women in politics Q How do Japanesewomen participate in politics? Q What is their level of participation?
http://www.jinjapan.org/insight/html/focus05/women_in_politics/women_in_politics

42. Improving The Position Of Women In Politics · Governance · The British Council
Governance, Improving the position of women in politics.
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Objectives The overall objective is to encourage greater participation of women in the decision making process by
  • Strengthening women's position within the political parties
  • Improving women's representation in national and local government
  • Increasing the potential for cross party working on women's issues
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Background The national and local elections in Romania held in 2000 brought limited success for women politicians. Although an # improvement on the previous election, women representatives form only 7.1 and 8.5% of members of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. In the local government elections held in June 2000, women candidates were more successful but women continue to be significantly under represented.

43. Women In Politics
75 percent of men and 79 percent of women favour active participation of womenin politics and 75 percent of men and an equal number of women favour
http://www.freespeech.org/manushi/97/politics.html
Women's Marginal Role in Politics
Madhu Kishwar
These limitations were included solely because the British were only prepared for limited suffrage for those who possessed a certain amount of property and education. They were not willing to consider universal adult suffrage. When a meeting of representative women's organisations in 1930 drafted a memorandum demanding immediate acceptance of adult franchise without gender discrimination, it was turned down by the British government. The same demand received a totally different response from the Indian leaders. The very next year, in 1931, the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress took the historic decision committing itself to the political equality of women, regardless of their status and qualifications. This proposal met with virtually no opposition. Laws claiming to protect women's rights have seldom evoked the same amount of hostility or opposition in India that they provoke in many other countries of the world and get to be easily endorsed by the entire political spectrum. In fact, in India there is very little difference between parties of the right or left on women's issues. For instance, the BJP's current manifesto sounds even more progressive than the left parties on women's issues. People's Response Our country has had a well-entrenched tradition whereby a party, politician or public figure bad-mouthing women in public or opposing moves for women's empowerment are strongly disapproved of and usually rejected. As far as I can remember, among our male politicians, only Bal Thackeray of the Shiv Sena had the stupidity to make some brazenly anti-women statements some years ago. In the assembly elections that followed, his party suffered a major setback in Maharashtra, which was attributed to his indiscreet anti-women remarks, among other things. Because of this, very few politicians dare attack women from public platforms except when they are in direct electoral competition with a woman.

44. 02133.org
Issue women in politics. Recent News. The Center for American Womenand Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University released figures on Jan.
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45. ECOFEM: Aug96 : Re: Women In Politics
Re women in politics. Previous message Wendy Priesnitz women in politics ;Maybe in reply to Wendy Priesnitz women in politics ;
http://csf.colorado.edu/forums/ecofem/aug96/0015.html
Re: women in politics
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 17:05:24 -0500
j griffith wipeout@siu.edu
At 6:03 PM 8/14/96 -0400, Wendy Priesnitz wrote:
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i fail to grasp exactly how a grassroots movement, seperate from the state,
can use the state to its benefit. dont you just end up quiescing yourself
when you work through the state?
jason
i'm goin for a walk
not the after dinner kind
and i'm gonna use my hands and i'm gonna use my mind.

46. Commonwealth Gender - What We Do - Core Activities
Voices From the Commonwealth women in politics (1999) CommonwealthSecretariat Publication. How to order Write to The Publications
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Women in Politics
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Voices From the Commonwealth: Women in Politics (1999)
Commonwealth Secretariat Publication How to order Write to: The Publications Unit, Information and Publications Division Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HX, UK Tel: Fax: Email: books@commonwealth.int The 33 women politicians profiled are: Lois O'Donoghue, Jocelyn Newman, Cheryl Kernot (Australia); Jahan Ara Begum, Motia Chowdhury, Syeda Begum Sajeda Chowdhury (Bangladesh); Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Sheila Finestone, Thérèse Lavoie-Roux (Canada); Dame Eugenia Charles, Josephine Dublin, Gertrude Roberts (Commonwealth of Dominica); Viola Burham, Janet Rosenberg Jagan, Urmia Johnson (Guyana); Margaret Alva, Promila Dandavate, Sushma Swaraj (India); Seri Rafidah Aziz, Dato Napsiah Omar, Dato Kee Phaik Cheen (Malaysia); Dame Josephine Abaijah, Enny Moraitz, Nahau Rooney (Papua New Guinea); Annette Georges, Sylvette Frichot, Danielle Jorre de St. Jorre (Seychelles); Sheila Camerer, Frene Ginwala, Nkosazana Zuma (South Africa); Rhoda Kalema, Speciosa Kazibwe, and Janet Mukwaya (Uganda).

47. Women's Studies - Winter Term 1997
women in politics an International Perspective. WIN 237 Prof. Jill BystydzienskiA sampling of World Wide Web sites listed in no particular order.
http://www.franklincoll.edu/libweb/pub/women.htm
Women in Politics:
an International Perspective
WIN 237 - Prof. Jill Bystydzienski A sampling of World Wide Web sites listed in no particular order.
Women's Studies/Women's Issues WWW Sites - an impressive list of resources
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html

World-Wide Feminism Sites - scroll down to bottom of list for links to women in Africa
http://www.esrc.bris.ac.uk/Subjects/feminism.html

Resources on Women of Africa
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WWWomen Search Site - search facility for Internet information on women
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Women Online Worldwide http://www.wowwomen.com/WOWLinks.html International Women's Issues Resources http://www.contact.org/women.htm Women's Studies (R)E-sources on the Web http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/women/cyber.html Feminist Resources on the Web http://www.law.indiana.edu:80/fcrc/webresources.html Yahoo! - Social Science:Women's Studies - facility for searching the Internet in Women's Studies http://www.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Women_s_Studies/

48. Women's Action For New Directions - WAND: Women In Politics - Index
Congratulations Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi! The Women Legislators' Lobby(WiLL). WAND 2002 Legislative Agenda. WAND Endorsements. WAND PAC.
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49. Women In Politics
Some other women in politics are the Hon. Sheila Copps, first woman deputyprime minister. Some links to sites related to women in politics are
http://www.mun.ca/womenst/GIRLS/politics.html
Since Ancient times, women have had few roles in political society. Power and Justice was held mainly in the hands of males since the theory of politics was first developed. In Canada, this issue is no less evident.
Canadian women first gained the right to vote in Manitoba, on March 24th, 1916, making Manitoba the first province to allow women a role in democracy. Nationally women gained this right to vote on May 24, 1918. In 1929, women were finally considered "persons" by Canada. They were eligible to participate in many affairs of state, although it wasn't encouraged. Women had broken down many huge barriers in politics, but still had many more.
Women slowly became active members of parliament, and today Canada has women party leaders and candidates for many positions in government. For instance, Alexa McDonough, Leader of the NDP Party of Canada and Premier of Prince Edward Island, is a well known female in Canadian Politics. Some other Women in politics are the Hon. Sheila Copps, first woman deputy prime minister.
In Newfoundland, the first First woman elected to the House of Assembly, was Lady Helena E. (Strong) Squires. She was born in Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland in 1879, and died later in Toronto in the year 1959. Lady Helena Squires was born a twin, into a fishery supply family, and Married Richard Squires in 1905. Educated as a teacher, She later went on to battle for the better position of women in politics and society, although she was initially against granting women the right to vote during her husband's term as Prme Minister of Newfoundland. His term as Prime Minister was ironically during the women's suffrage movement in the early 1920's. Lady Squires was also the first president of the liberal party.

50. Women In Politics
Home What Is WUFPAC? Executive Board Wufpac Candidates Why Join WUFPACJoin WUFPAC Current Newsletter women in politics Wuf Links
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Women currently hold only 13.5% of the seats in the 107th U.S. Congress - just 13% of the 100 seats in the Senate, and 13.6% of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. There are no women currently serving in Congress who are under the age of forty. By comparison, there are twenty-eight men under the age of forty serving in Congress. Only 22.4% of the 7,424 state legislators in the United States are women. Women hold 19.9% of the 1,984 state senate seats and 23.3% of the 5,440 state house seats. Home What Is WUFPAC? Executive Board Wufpac Candidates ... Wuf Links

51. Women In Politics
women in politics. Related Topics. Produced by BBC Television, women in politics is a major international series of documentaries about women politicians.
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Women in Politics
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Order # W99065 Produced by BBC Television, "Women in Politics" is a major international series of documentaries about women politicians. Profiles of six women who run the gamut of political involvement raise important questions about women and power and what it means to enter the world of male-dominated political institutions. The six women profiled are: Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, Corazon Aquino, former President of the Philippines, the inventor of perestroika Tatyana Zaslavskaya, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica for over a decade Dame Mary Eugenia Charles, Simone Veil, one of France's most popular politicians, and member of the Icelandic parliament Dr. Gudrun Agnarsdottir.
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52. Women And Politics
Women and politics articles and other resources for understandingthe role of women in politics. Politics and Women. Women and
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Politics and Women Women and politics - articles and other resources for understanding the role of women in politics. First Ladies Around the World
Wives of United States presidents, wives of international heads of state and some wives of U.S. state governors. Their role was informal, achieved through whom they married, but their political power was sometimes considerable through that role. Politics and Women - Later 19th Century The history of women in politics in the later years of the 19th century. Politics and Women - Early 20th Century The history of women in politics in the earlier years of the 20th century.

53. Timeline
women in politics A Timeline. 1872 Susan B. Anthony is the firstUS woman to register to vote; subsequently she becomes the first
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Resources Links Fact Sheet Women in Politics: ... Contact IWDC Women In Politics: A Timeline 1872: Susan B. Anthony is the first U.S. woman to register to vote; subsequently she becomes the first to make a ballot, for which she is arrested. 1882: Aletta Jacobs is the first woman in the Netherlands to attempt to register to vote; her application is denied. 1893: New Zealand is the first country in the world in which women gain the right to vote. 1906-1907: Finland becomes the first European nation to give women the vote, and 19 women are elected to the new 200-person Finnish parliament. 1928: Women ages 21 to 29 in Britain are able to vote for the first time, as women's suffrage is reduced from age 30 to 21. 1930: Alexandra Kollontai is appointed Ambassador from the Soviet Union to Sweden, becoming the first woman Ambassador in modern history. 1933: Frances Perkins, the first U.S. female Cabinet member, is appointed Secretary of Labor. 1946: Women vote and stand for election to the House of Representatives for the first time in Japan. Of the 79 women running for office, 39 are elected.

54. WOMEN IN POLITICS: A Look At Various Public Offices
women in politics A look at various public offices. October 29, 2002. NATIONALPOLITICS Women on brink of greater clout. US House 60 (13.8 percent).
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WOMEN IN POLITICS: A look at various public offices
October 29, 2002 Seats held by women 2002
  • U.S. Senate: 13 (13 percent) RELATED CONTENT
  • NATIONAL POLITICS: Women on brink of greater clout
  • U.S. House: 60 (13.8 percent)
  • State executives: 89 (27.7 percent)
  • State senates: 404 (20 percent)
  • State houses: 1,276 (24 percent) U.S. Senate in 2002:
  • A record 13 (10 Democrats, 3 Republicans) women serve in the U.S. Senate, including Debbie Stabenow, a Lansing Democrat.
  • 11 women (8 Democrats, 3 Republicans) are running in 9 states in next week's elections. Three are incumbents. U.S. House in 2002:
  • Women hold 60 seats, including Michigan Democrats Lynn Rivers of Ann Arbor (who lost her primary election against incumbent John Dingell) and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Detroit.
  • In 435 House elections, 124 women (78 Democrats, 45 Republicans) are running. Female governors 2002:
  • Jane Dee Hull (R-Ariz.)
  • Judy Martz (R-Mont.)
  • Ruth Ann Minner (D-Del.)
  • 55. Mainichi Interactive - Top News From The MDN
    Wednesday, April 18, 2001. More women in politics. It appears that many womenturned to politics to solve problems they encountered in society.
    http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/news/opinion.html
    Mainichi Daily News Wednesday, April 18, 2001 More Women In Politics Voters in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, recently elected eight women to their local assembly. With women occupying 44 percent of the assembly's 18 seats, Shimamoto has earned the distinction as the municipality with the highest rate of female representation in the nation. The success of Shimamoto's female candidates makes the belief that "politics is a man's occupation" seem awfully outdated. We welcome the gains made by the women candidates in Shimamoto as a step toward greater gender equality in politics. Shimamoto is a bedroom community near Osaka's border with Kyoto Prefecture. It has a population of nearly 30,000, and its women's groups have been quite active. Last year, Osaka's No. 10 district, which includes Shimamoto, elected Kiyomi Tsujimoto of the Social Democratic Party to the House of Representatives and also helped Miyoko Hida of the Democratic Party of Japan to office via a win in a proportional representation district. Female voters were the driving force behind the campaigns of these two women candidates. Shimamoto had the foundations in place to convince women that they could institute a change in politics by taking matters into their own hands. But politics is deadlocked in the Diet. One might say that this is the consequence of that body's domination by men. There is no doubt that the wind that has been blowing in the small town of Shimamoto will begin to affect local assemblies in various regions of the country and the Diet.

    56. Graduate Women In Politics & Public Policy Overview At UMB
    print UMB Home Page About UMB Academics Admissions Alumni Faculty Staff News Research Students Academics CAS women in politics Public Policy
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    is offered through the American Studies Program in affiliation with the John W. McCormack Institute for Public Affairs. Its aim is to help educate and train women for greater political participation, service, and leadership. The program's academic focus is on the careful study of governmental structures and political processes. Course work includes analyses of the various effects public policies have had on women, as well as the impact women have had on policy formation and implementation. Additional course work addresses research methods and public policy analysis. Descriptions of the program's courses can be found under our listing of courses , which include AMST 621 through AMST 626 The two-semester program runs from September through May. In addition to the fall semester course work, students spend 250 hours as interns, working on a range of policy, legislation, and public service issues. These internships serve to enhance students' professional skills with substantive and challenging practical training, and to give them the experience of working in politics and government.

    57. Arizona Women In Politics Subject Guide
    In the ASU Libraries Catalog database search for women politics Arizona. In the Arizona and Southwest Index database search for women politics
    http://www.asu.edu/lib/subject/azwomen.htm
    Arizona Women in Politics
    INTRODUCTION
    This Subject Guide is a selective list of resources available in ASU's Libraries, including ASU West's Fletcher Library. These resources are useful for doing research on Arizona Women in Politics
    BACKGROUND INFORMATION
  • Arizona Women's Town Hall. Women and the Arizona Political Process . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1988.
    Gives a good overview of women in Arizona as voters, candidates and office holders from territorial times to the date of the Town Hall. Some statistical information and names of women active in Arizona politics are included.
    DIRECTORIES
  • National Directory of Women Elected Officials . Washington, D.C.: National Women's Political Caucus, 1981- . Irregular. (ASU owns 1985, 1989, 1991- . Latest edition in Reference; earlier editions in Serials.)
    Listing of women holding elected offices in federal, state, county, and city government, and political parties for the year of publication. Name, political party, and address is given for each woman. Biographical information is given for women elected to the U.S. Congress.
  • State Elective Officials and the Legislatures . Lexington, KY: Council of State Governments, 1977- .Biennial. (Latest edition in Reference and Government Documents; earlier editions in Serials. West has 1991- . Latest edition in West Reference; earlier editions in West Stacks.)
  • 58. BSOS 359G: Women In Politics -- Fall 2001 Syllabus
    BSOS 359G women in politics Tuesdays, 300 540 PM Key 0103 October 16, 2001, Youngpeople, politics and women - women as voters, activists, elected leaders.
    http://www.academy.umd.edu/education/courses/fall2001/359G.htm
    education courses fall 2001 BSOS 359G: Women in Politics
    Tuesdays, 3:00- 5:40 PM Key 0103 Instructor: Dr. Georgia Sorenson
    Office: Lucille Maurer Library
    Taliaferro Hall
    Telephone: 301 405-6399
    Email: gsorenson@academy.umd.edu
    Office Hours: Tuesdays, by appointment
    Teaching Assistant: Justin Patrick COURSE DESCRIPTION:
    This course examines the role of women as leaders in political life including the participation of women as social activists, voters, and public leaders in electoral politics. Students will explore the unique perspectives women bring to politics and public policy and the changes they have made in setting public policy priorities.
    While most of our attention will be on American women, there will be some emphasis on how American women leaders compare with their international counterparts.
    An additional objective of the course is to examine the difficulties women have faced in their efforts to gain equity in political influence and power and to better understand how women leaders have overcome these difficulties.

    59. New Page 1
    NUMBER 26 APRIL, 2001. women in politics By Delphine Hampande. Lackof change. TOP. FEATURES. women in politics. Bail Provisions. The
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    HOME NEWS Uncle Exchanges Niece For K1m Chief Fires Man Over Assault ... KNOW YOUR RIGHTS website:www.lrf.org.zm NUMBER 26 APRIL, 2001 Women In Politics By Delphine Hampande "Currently in Zambia, illiterate rates of females are as high as 70% while that of men are about 46% and this has not been improved by the introduction of ‘educating our future’, the women complained," the chairperson at the Women in Politics Forum at Mulungushi International Conference Centre Gwedoline Konie said last month. Non Governmental Organisation Co-ordinating Committee NGOCC Dr Inonge Mbikusita Lewanika challenged women to stop being used as donkeys for campaigns by selfish men who at the end of the day deny them participation and block them from decision making. " Women most of the times cook, sing or chant slogans, organise party cadres in campaigns but at the end of it all, they are not accorded a chance to participate equally, this must come to an end," Dr Lewanika said. This is the right time for women to rise and be counted in the political arena and offer their unique and valuable experiences, all they need to do is to have courage, she said.

    60. American Women's History: Politics
    The first section covers women in politics (p. 176218), whereas the second sectioncovers birth control. Cox, Elizabeth. Vol. 18, Women and Politics.
    http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-pol.html
    American Women's History: A Research Guide
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    "Bibliography." Journal of Women's History 4 (Spring 1992): 176-218.
    Includes citations to articles published in English over a 10 year period. The first section covers women in politics (p. 176-218), whereas the second section covers birth control. Cox, Elizabeth. Women in Modern American Politics: A Bibliography, 1900-1995 . Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1996. Dinkin, Robert J. "Bibliographic Essay." In Before Equal Suffrage: Women in Partisan Politics from Colonial Times to 1920 . Contributions to Women's Studies, no. 152. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995. First Ladies' Bibliography [online]. Canton, Ohio: The National First Ladies' Library, n.d. [cited 12 March 1998]. Available from: http://www.firstladies.org/Bibliography.htm. Flanagan, Maureen. H-SHGAPE Bibliographical Essays: Women and Politics [online]. Available from: http://h-net2.msu.edu/~shgape/bibs/womenpol.html. Jafari, May.

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