| May Fri, 2019
In Nevada’s legislature, women outnumber the men – a first in the nation
“‘Historically, state legislatures have been "stubborn, slow-to-change institutions, which were heavily male-dominated,’ said Kelly Dittmar, a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.”
| May Fri, 2019
One More Thing: Gender disparity in states passing restrictive abortion laws
“Data from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University shows that states passing the most-restrictive abortion laws– like Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky– have the lowest rates of women being represented in the state legislatures.”
| May Fri, 2019
In deep-red Alabama, would more women in the legislature have made a difference in the abortion debate?
"Kelly Dittmar, a political-science professor at Rutgers University and a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said it is important 'to remember in all of our political analysis and elsewhere that woman are not monolithic, whether in their beliefs or their behavior, and that’s especially true for women officeholders.'”
| May Wed, 2019
States passing abortion bans have among the lowest rates of women in power
“Jean Sinzdak, associate director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, told ABC News when it comes to a whole range of policy issues, ‘research has shown that women legislators bring different perspectives.’”