Malliga Och is Assistant Professor of international studies at Idaho State University, USA, and former Research Director at Political Parity (Hunt Alternatives) in Cambridge, MA, USA.Shauna L. Shames is Assistant Professor of political science at Rutgers University, USA. She has worked with Political Parity, National Organization for Women (NOW), and other groups for more than 15 years to advance women's political representation.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionKira SanbonmatsuPart 1: Activists and Ideology1 The Grand Old Party of 2016: No Longer a Party of Old White Men?Malliga Och2 Gendering Republican Party CultureCatherine Wineinger3 Women in the Tea Party and the GOP: A Natural Alliance?Melissa Deckman4 Republican Women, Then and Now: Ideological Changes in Congressional Candidates from 1980 to 2012Danielle M. ThomsenPart 2: Elections and Candidates5 Higher Hurdles for Republican Women: Ideology, Inattention, and InfrastructureShauna L. Shames6 A Run for Their Money: Republican Women's Hard Road to Campaign FundingRosalyn Cooperman and Melody Crowder-Meyer7 Republican Women in the 2016 Election: Progress or Same Old Patterns?Kelly DittmarPart 3: State Legislators8 Why So Few Republican Women in State Legislatures? The Causes and ConsequencesLaurel Elder9 Moving Up or Getting Out: The Career Patterns of Republican Women State LegislatorsH. Abbie ErlerPart 4: Congresswomen10 From the Republican Revolution to the Tea Party Wave: Republican Women and the Politics of Women's IssuesMichele L. Swers11 Republican Female Lawmakers' Contributions to Legislative Debates in the 113th U.S. CongressChristina XydiasPart 5: Conclusion12 Republican Party Politics, Women's Electoral Fortunes, and the Myth of Gender NeutralityRonnee SchreiberGlossary of Key TermsAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex

Malliga Och is Assistant Professor of international studies at Idaho State University, USA, and former Research Director at Political Parity (Hunt Alternatives) in Cambridge, MA, USA.Shauna L. Shames is Assistant Professor of political science at Rutgers University, USA. She has worked with Political Parity, National Organization for Women (NOW), and other groups for more than 15 years to advance women's political representation.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionKira SanbonmatsuPart 1: Activists and Ideology1 The Grand Old Party of 2016: No Longer a Party of Old White Men?Malliga Och2 Gendering Republican Party CultureCatherine Wineinger3 Women in the Tea Party and the GOP: A Natural Alliance?Melissa Deckman4 Republican Women, Then and Now: Ideological Changes in Congressional Candidates from 1980 to 2012Danielle M. ThomsenPart 2: Elections and Candidates5 Higher Hurdles for Republican Women: Ideology, Inattention, and InfrastructureShauna L. Shames6 A Run for Their Money: Republican Women's Hard Road to Campaign FundingRosalyn Cooperman and Melody Crowder-Meyer7 Republican Women in the 2016 Election: Progress or Same Old Patterns?Kelly DittmarPart 3: State Legislators8 Why So Few Republican Women in State Legislatures? The Causes and ConsequencesLaurel Elder9 Moving Up or Getting Out: The Career Patterns of Republican Women State LegislatorsH. Abbie ErlerPart 4: Congresswomen10 From the Republican Revolution to the Tea Party Wave: Republican Women and the Politics of Women's IssuesMichele L. Swers11 Republican Female Lawmakers' Contributions to Legislative Debates in the 113th U.S. CongressChristina XydiasPart 5: Conclusion12 Republican Party Politics, Women's Electoral Fortunes, and the Myth of Gender NeutralityRonnee SchreiberGlossary of Key TermsAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex

Malliga Och is Assistant Professor of international studies at Idaho State University, USA, and former Research Director at Political Parity (Hunt Alternatives) in Cambridge, MA, USA.Shauna L. Shames is Assistant Professor of political science at Rutgers University, USA. She has worked with Political Parity, National Organization for Women (NOW), and other groups for more than 15 years to advance women's political representation.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionKira SanbonmatsuPart 1: Activists and Ideology1 The Grand Old Party of 2016: No Longer a Party of Old White Men?Malliga Och2 Gendering Republican Party CultureCatherine Wineinger3 Women in the Tea Party and the GOP: A Natural Alliance?Melissa Deckman4 Republican Women, Then and Now: Ideological Changes in Congressional Candidates from 1980 to 2012Danielle M. ThomsenPart 2: Elections and Candidates5 Higher Hurdles for Republican Women: Ideology, Inattention, and InfrastructureShauna L. Shames6 A Run for Their Money: Republican Women's Hard Road to Campaign FundingRosalyn Cooperman and Melody Crowder-Meyer7 Republican Women in the 2016 Election: Progress or Same Old Patterns?Kelly DittmarPart 3: State Legislators8 Why So Few Republican Women in State Legislatures? The Causes and ConsequencesLaurel Elder9 Moving Up or Getting Out: The Career Patterns of Republican Women State LegislatorsH. Abbie ErlerPart 4: Congresswomen10 From the Republican Revolution to the Tea Party Wave: Republican Women and the Politics of Women's IssuesMichele L. Swers11 Republican Female Lawmakers' Contributions to Legislative Debates in the 113th U.S. CongressChristina XydiasPart 5: Conclusion12 Republican Party Politics, Women's Electoral Fortunes, and the Myth of Gender NeutralityRonnee SchreiberGlossary of Key TermsAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex