Woman in government – in search of literature.

Today I started to do a little research for anything connected with women in government (in written form), so in short a book hunt. It is not going as smoothly as I anticipated, but I am patient and after Christmas will re-start my search. So I came across 2 books and a list of books concerning women in politics. I hope to find something worthwhile.

Let’s start with the first book Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics by Justin S. Vaughn, Lilly J. Goren. Obviously I won’t go into details, I only just found it, but it seems promising, so here is a little description “The president of the United States traditionally serves as a symbol of power, virtue, ability, dominance, popularity, and patriarchy. In recent years, however, the high-profile candidacies of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann have provoked new interest in gendered popular culture and how it influences Americans' perceptions of the country's highest political office.” For more, go to : http://books.google.pl/books?id=jy3nMjlXnyoC&hl=pl&source=gbs_navlinks_s

The second book is a Women and Government: New Ways to Political Power by Mim Kelber. Like I said previously I just found it, so I can’t give any reviews. Here is a short description “This comprehensive, up-to-date work examines the political status of women in the world's governments and challenges the view that women in the United States and other countries are breaking through traditional barriers to achieve unprecedented political power. It is based upon a study funded by the Ford Foundation and directed by Bella Abzug and Mim Kelber. Using interviews with female political leaders and data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the United Nations, and other sources, the study notes that although women have made great progress in some areas, "in the majority of male-led governments the environment remains either indifferent or hostile to sharing power with women." The book describes the historical and ideological basis for women's exclusion from leadership, the official and unofficial efforts being made to overcome this disparity, the diverse experiences of women in developing and industrialized nations seeking entry to male political strongholds, and the particular problems they face in electoral or appointive office.” For more information go to : http://books.google.pl/books/about/Women_and_Government.html?id=fXDV3HQTtPcC&redir_esc=y

Also while searching I came across a list of book concerning women in politics, here it is https://www.questia.com/library/politics-and-government/political-science/u-s-political-figures/women-in-politics  I do hope it will be hopeful in writing my BA paper.

So that’s it for today. I think it’s a good start in beginning my bibliography.

More to come,

K