Florida Women: The Behavior and Effectiveness of Florida's Women Legislators

• In Event: Gender and State Legislative Politics

Brief Overview

Explores Florida's women legislators. Specifically, we examine how the increase in and the prevalence of polarization alters women’s agendas and effectiveness. We utilize original data from 1989, 1993, 1997, 2011, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023.

Author

• Teresa Cornacchione, University of Florida