A Place at the Table: Women's Committee Requests and Women's Committee Assignments in the U.S. House

Women and Politics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-26

  Frisch, Scott A ^a   Kelly, Sean Q ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^b NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10744231237     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v25n03_01     Document Type: Article

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