Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
January 1993
Abstract
The struggle for political power has been long and difficult for women in the United States. The barriers to participation in politics have been both legal and cultural, overt and subtle. In colonial America there were few direct limits on women's participation. However, the combination of franchise restrictions based on property ownership and the overwhelming propensity for property to be held in a man's name meant that few women participated in electoral politics as either voters or officeholders.
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Date Posted: 14 January 2008
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Reprinted from Political Science Quarterly, Volume 108, January 1993, pages 29-36.
NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Michael X. Delli Carpini was affiliated with Columbia University. Currently January 2008, he is a faculty member of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.