The collective experience of freshman women delegates in the 2018 Virginia General Assembly laid bare the opportunities and limitations of serving a first term in office.
Author: Rosalyn L. Cooperman
Rosalyn L. Cooperman is Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Mary Washington. She earned a Ph.D. in political science from Vanderbilt University and a B.A. in political science from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her work has appeared in Congress Reconsidered, Women & Politics, and Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion, American Political Science Review and Virginia Social Science Journal. She is currently working on a book project that examines the role of political parties and organizations in the recruitment and support of women congressional candidates.
Are Republican Women (for Hillary) The New “Reagan Democrats?”
Ms. spoke to Jennifer Pierotti Lim, founder of Republican Women for Hillary, to discuss whether Republican women like her will return to their party following the 2016 election—and whether they even want to.