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.