The 2008 candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin: Cracking the “highest, hardest glass ceiling”

Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 44-77

  Carroll, Susan J ^a   Dittmar, Kelly ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511807299.003     Document Type: Chapter

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