From Caregiver to Candidate?: How Caregiving experience shapes Political Ambition

• In Event: Ambition and Candidate Emergence

Brief Overview

The pandemic demonstrated how caretaking responsibilities still fall on women’s’ shoulders. We consider how caregiving time and perception of caregiving responsibilities affect women’s attitudes toward running for office.

Authors

• Jill S. Greenlee, Brandeis University

• Ivy A.M. Cargile, California State University-Bakersfield

• Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Pitzer College

• Jennifer L. Merolla, University of California-Riverside

• Minhye Joo, University of California-Riverside