Background
Clark, Janet Eileen was born on June 5, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Edward Francis and Mildred Lois (Mack) Morrissey.
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Women, Elections, and Representation (Second Edition, Revised) (Women and Politics)
( The first women representatives in the United States we...)
The first women representatives in the United States were elected in 1894 when Colorado votes sent three women to the state legislature. Now, a century later, women almost everywhere are the majority of voters but a distinct minority of elected officials. This discrepancy is a puzzle for those who thought democratic institutions would incorporate newly enfranchised women, and a problem for those working to expand democratic representation. Darcy, Welch, and Clark examine women candidates and candidacies in the United States and several other democratic nations. Their careful analysis reveals that male voters and political elites are not the barriers to women's election that common wisdom suggests. Instead, they find that a party's ability to determine candidate selection, along with election procedures that benefit incumbents, produces slow turnover of elected officials and few opportunities for new women candidates. In addition, the authors analyze nomination procedures and election systems to document both the conditions that lead political parties to nominate more women and the mechanisms that yield more victories by women candidates. Women, Elections, and Representation is an extensively revised and expanded edition of a successful text that provides a thorough and up-to-date account of research on women and politics.
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Janet Eileen Clark
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Associate of Arts, Kansas City Junior College, 1960. AB, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1962. Master of Arts, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1973.
Career
Staff, unites states department Labor, Washington, 1962-1964. Instructor social science Kansas City (Kansas) Junior College, 1964-1967. Instructor political science Parkland College, 1970-1971.
Assistant professor government, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1971-1977, associate professor, 1977-1980.
Associate professor political science U. Wyoming, 1981-1984, professor, 1984-1994. Professor political science, head department State University West Georgia, Carrollton, 1994.
Company-author: Women, Elections and Representation, 1987, The Equality State, 1988, Women inTaiwan Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Women"s Participation in a Modernizing Society, 1990. Editor Women & Politics, 1991.
Wolcott fellow, 1963-1964, National Defense Education Acting Title IV fellow, 1967-1969.
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Women, Elections, and Representation (Second Edition, Revised) (Women and Politics)
( The first women representatives in the United States we...)
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Women, Elections, and Representation (Second Edition, Revised) (Women and Politics)
Membership
Member International Society Political Psychology (governor council, 1987-1989), National Education Association (president chapter 1978-1979), American Political Science Association, We. Political Science Association (executive council 1984-1987), Western Social Science Association (executive council 1978-1981, vice president 1982, president 1985), Women's Caucus for Political Science (treasurer 1982, president 1987), League of Women Voters (executive board 1980-1983, 2002-2003, treasurer 1986-1990, president 1991-1993, 2004-2006), Women's Political Caucus, Beta Sigma Phi (vice president chapter 1978-1979, secretary 1987-1988, treasurer 1988-1989, vice president 1989-1990, president 1990-1991), Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Omega (prize 1962), Phi Kappa Phi.
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Married Caleb M. Clark, September 28, 1968. Children: Emily Claire, Grace Ellen, Evelyn Adair.
