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4 - Barefoot, Pregnant, and Holding a Law Degree

Family Dynamics and Running for Office

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Jennifer L. Lawless  and
Richard L. Fox
Jennifer L. Lawless
Affiliation:
American University, Washington DC
Richard L. Fox
Affiliation:
Loyola Marymount University, California
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It Still Takes a Candidate
Why Women Don’t Run for Office
 , pp. 61 - 88
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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Layton, Lyndsey, “Mom's in the House, with Kids at Home: For Congresswomen with Young Children, a Tough Balance,” Washington Post, July 19, 2007, A01Google Scholar
Hendersen, Keith, “Senator Carol Amick Balancing Family and Political Life,” Christian Science Monitor, November 4, 1986, 29Google Scholar
Jacobs, Sonji, “Politicians Who Are Moms Must Juggle Priorities,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 16, 2004, 1DGoogle Scholar
Layton, Lyndsey, “Mom's in the House, with Kids at Home: For Congresswomen with Young Children, a Tough Balance,” Washington Post, July 19, 2007, A01Google Scholar

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