Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Early Fundraising by Nonincumbent Female Congressional Candidates: The Importance of Women’s PACs
• Electoral Context, Issues, and Voting for Women in the 1990s
• Candidate Sex and Congressional Elections: Open Seats Before, During, and After the Year of the Woman
• The Political Glass Ceiling: Gender, Strategy, and Incumbency in U.S. House Elections, 1978–1998
• The Electoral Glass Ceiling? Gender, Viability, and the News in U.S. Senate Campaigns
• Do Differences Matter? Women Members of Congress and the Hyde Amendment
• Speaking Out: An Analysis of Democratic and Republican Women-Invoked Rhetoric of the 105th Congress
• “How Does She Have Time for Kids and Congress?” Views on Gender and Media Coverage from House Offices
• Research on Women in Legislatures: What Have We Learned, Where Are We Going?
• About the Contributors
• Index
• References Notes Included

About the Author

Karen O'Connor