Search Results - "Elections"

Women and elective office past, present, and future /

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Electing a diverse Canada the representation of immigrants, minorities, and women /

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Women as Candidates in American Politics / by Carroll, Susan J., 1950-

Subjects: “…Elections United States. nli 148417…”
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Obama, Clinton, Palin making history in election 2008 /

Table of Contents: “…Historical precedents, or How election 2008 began before the Civil War -- pt. III. …”
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A woman's place is in the House campaigning for Congress in the feminist era / by Burrell, Barbara C., 1947-

Subjects: “…United States. Congress. House Elections.…”
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Gender in campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives / by Burrell, Barbara C., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…House -- Political parties, women's organizations, and the election of women to Congress -- The victors : the men and women elected to the U.S. …”
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Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments : Women and Elected Office in Contemporary Western Europe / by Kittilson, Miki Caul

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Free hearts and free homes gender and American antislavery politics / by Pierson, Michael D.

Table of Contents: “…Liberty party gender ideologies -- From liberty to free soil : gender and emancipation -- Antislavery women and the triumph of domestic feminism -- Democrats and the defense of patriarchy -- Gender in the 1856 Republican campaign -- Republican women and the 1856 election -- Republican gender ideology in 1860.…”
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Women in Iraq past meets present / by Efrati, Noga

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the historical setting -- Occupation, monarchy, and customary law: tribalizing women -- Family law as a site of struggle and subordination -- Politics, election law, and exclusion -- Gender discourse and discontent: activism unraveled -- Challenging the government's gender discourse -- Epilogue: past meets present.…”
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North Carolinians in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction

Table of Contents: “…Myers -- Visions of freedom and civilization opening before them : African Americans search for autonomy during military occupation in North Carolina / Judkin Browning -- The order of nature would be reversed : soldiers, slavery, and the North Carolina gubernatorial election of 1864 / Chandra Manning -- To do justice to North Carolina : the war's end according to Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Zebulon B. …”
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The struggle for equality essays on sectional conflict, the Civil War, and the long reconstruction /

Table of Contents: “…Giggie -- Peddling the lost cause : a southern white woman at work / Michele Gillespie -- Race and municipal reform in the progressive era : the adoption of at-large elections in Norfolk, Virginia, 1914-1918 / Peyton McCrary -- School of a soldier : World War II as a transformative experience in the life of Dr. …”
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Women, public life and democracy changing Commonwealth parliamentary perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Joni Lovenduski -- The Role of Parliamentarians -- Representation without the incumbency barrier: the example of Scotland -- Waving goodbye to dinosaurs: the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition -- Making Parliamentarians listen to women voters and getting women elected -- The Beijing process -- Gender mainstreaming Affirmative Action: help or hindrance? …”
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Gender and power relations in Nigeria

Table of Contents: “…Idowu -- 1999 Constitution and gender analysis of elective and appointive positions in Nigeria / Michael Abiodun Oni and Rachael Oluseye Iyanda -- An appraisal of the protection of women's rights under Nigerian laws / Mercy Onaodowan Erhun -- Critical appraisal of domestic violence in Nigeria / Adesina Coker -- An overview of legal and implementation framework of Nigeria's national gender policy / Benson Kunle Sehinde -- Masculinity in gender relations : the Nigerian experience and contribution to sustainable development / Adu Funmilayo Modupe -- Influence of age, marital status and environment on sexism in Nigeria / Ogunleye J. …”
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Los medios y los modos : participación política y acción colectiva de las mujeres /

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