Moving beyond tokenism: Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and the election of women to state legislatures

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 519-539

  Crowley, Jocelyn Elise ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746831226     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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