Role Models: Motivating or Demotivating for Women’s Political Ambition?

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Brief Overview

Using a sample of women who have demonstrated some interest in running for office, we aim to reveal how political role models can encourage or depress women's political ambition.

Authors

• Jennie Sweet-Cushman, Chatham University

• Monica C. Schneider, Miami University-Oxford