POLS 2375 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Hattie Caraway, Anita Hill
23 Jul 2019
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Women and legislative leadership: aggregative/transactional leadership style vs integrative/transformational leadership style. Women committee chairs exhibit more of the latter. Women in congress: history: first woman to serve in congress was elected before women had the nationwide right to vote- montana 1917 and she was the only person to vote against entry into ww1 and. First woman in the senate was in 1922, but she was just a two day temp. Carraway became the first woman elected in her own right " 1992 was labeled the year of the. Women as more women run for congress than ever before. Following the anita hill scandal, women capitalized on a desire for change in membership and policies: the policy agenda: party affiliation and political ideology are the most important predictors of bill sponsorship or vote. Having more women does positively impact the success of legislation that affects women. Women citizens may be more active politically when represented by women senators.
