Women and Politics

Lynne E. Ford is Associate Vice President for the Academic Experience and professor of political science at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. Ford earned her B.A. degree from The Pennsylvania State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her teaching and research interests are in American politics with an emphasis on women and politics, elections and voting behavior, and civic engagement. She is author of Women and Politics: The Pursuit of Equality and The Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics, which was named one of the top twenty reference books by the New York Public Library in 2009. She is also a coauthor of American Government & Politics Today. She serves on the editorial board for two political science journals and has served in a variety of leadership roles with the American Political Science Association and the Southern Political Science Association including the Status of Women Committee for both organizations and the APSA Departmental Services Committee.

• Preface Chapter 1. Two Paths to Equality Chapter 2. All Rights Are Not Equal: Suffrage Versus the Equal Rights Amendment Chapter 3. Suffrage Accomplished: Women as Political Participants Chapter 4. Women Seeking Office: The Next Phase of Political Integration Chapter 5. Women as Political Actors: Representation and Advocacy Chapter 6. Education and the Pursuit of Equality Chapter 7. Women and Work: In Pursuit of Economic Equality Chapter 8. The Politics of Family and Fertility: The Last Battleground in the Pursuit of Equality? Chapter 9. Setting the Agenda and Taking Action: New Challenges in the Pursuit of Equality Index

"The field of women in politics in general has ignored issues of economic participation and reproductive rights in favor of a limited focus on electoral participation. But Ford's Women and Politics includes these issues because without them women will not be present in the electoral field much longer. Ford's paradox of equality framework helps students understand the stakes involved when women--of all races, sexualities, classes and religious backgrounds--feature prominently in politics." --Julie Webber, Illinois State University "Women and Politics comprehensively covers the key elements essential to understanding women and US politics. Ford presents the material in a way that is interesting, she raises questions that will get students thinking, and she supports the material with the most current research in the field." --Michele DeMary, Susquehanna University "Women and Politics: The Pursuit of Equality is unlike any textbook I've used in my classes. It's chock-full of the latest research but is engaging and easy-to-read. It's full of information that surprises and engrosses my students." --Michelle Brophy-Baermann, Rhode Island College