A woman's work is never done? Fund-raising perception and effort among female state legislative candidates

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-239

  Jenkins, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Female candidates; Fund raising; State legislative elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547850137     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907301682     Document Type: Article

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