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Advances and Ambivalence: The Consequences of Women's Educational and Workforce Changes for Women's Political Participation in the United States, 1952 to 2012

Ashley Jardina, Nancy Burns
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences August 2016, 2 (4) 272-301; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.4.10
Ashley Jardina
aAssistant professor of political science in the Department of Political Science at Duke University
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bWarren E. Miller Collegiate Professor and chair in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan
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    Women's Political Participation, Voting Turnout

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    Women's Political Participation, Contribute to a Candidate or Campaign

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    Women's Political Participation, Interest in Political Campaigns

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    Women's Political Participation, Events and Volunteering

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    Women's Political Participation, Education, Voting Turnout

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    Women's Political Participation, Education, Contribute to a Candidate or Campaign

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    Women's Political Participation, Education, Events and Volunteering

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    Women's Political Participation, Educational Quartiles, Voting Turnout

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    Women's Political Participation Educational Quartiles, Contribution to a Candidate or Campaign

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    Women's Political Participation, Educational Quartiles, Interest in Political Campaigns

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    Women's Political Participation, Educational Quartiles, Events and Volunteering

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    Women's Political Participation, Professional Status, Voting

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    Women's Political Participation, Professional Status, Events and Volunteering

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    Education, Occupation, and Women's Political Participation

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    Attitudes About Working Mothers

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    Attitudes About Women Supporting Husband's Career

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    Attitudes About Children if Mother Works

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    Attitudes About Men Working and Women Staying Home

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    Women's Attitudes About Roles, by Working Mothers

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    Women's Attitudes About Roles, Children

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    Women's Attitudes About Roles, Staying Home

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    Gender Differences in Career Expectations

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    Women's Education Today by Work Expectations

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    Women's Career Expectations Versus Later Employment

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    Women's Decisions to Cut Back on Work to Care for Family

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    Women's Workforce Participation, Conservative About Gender Roles

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    Women's Workforce Participation, Ambivalent About Gender Roles

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    Women's Workforce Participation, Liberal About Gender Roles

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