Black Women Mayors: Agenda Setting for Whom?

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Brief Overview

We study the intersectionality effects of black women mayoral policy agendas using a newly developed dataset tracing the change in mayors of the top 100 most populous cities (as of 2018) from 1960 to 2018 and the mayors’ expressed budget priorities.

Authors

• Aliyah Jenille Mcilwain, Michigan State University

• Jamil Shatema Scott, Georgetown University

• Kesicia Dickinson, Michigan State University

• Shayla Faith Olson, Michigan State University