Congressional elections: Women’s candidacies and the road to gender parity

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 187-209

  Fox, Richard L ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511807299.008     Document Type: Chapter

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