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Thematic Review: Women in Power: The Fight for a Seat in the Boys’ Club - Women Take Their Place in State Legislatures: The Creation of Women's Caucuses. By Anna Mitchell Mahoney. Temple University Press, 2018. 258 pp. $99.50 (hardcover), $29.25 (paperback). - A Seat at the Table: Congresswomen's Perspectives on Why Their Presence Matters. By Kelly Dittmar, Kira Sanbonmatsu, and Susan J. Carroll. Oxford University Press, 2018. 272 pp. $99.00 (hardcover), $27.95 (paperback). - Women as Foreign Policy Leaders: National Security and Gender Politics in Superpower America. By Sylvia Bashevkin. Oxford University Press, 2018. 280 pp. $74.00 (hardcover).

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Women Take Their Place in State Legislatures: The Creation of Women's Caucuses. By Anna Mitchell Mahoney. Temple University Press, 2018. 258 pp. $99.50 (hardcover), $29.25 (paperback).
A Seat at the Table: Congresswomen's Perspectives on Why Their Presence Matters. By Kelly Dittmar, Kira Sanbonmatsu, and Susan J. Carroll. Oxford University Press, 2018. 272 pp. $99.00 (hardcover), $27.95 (paperback).
Women as Foreign Policy Leaders: National Security and Gender Politics in Superpower America. By Sylvia Bashevkin. Oxford University Press, 2018. 280 pp. $74.00 (hardcover).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Shan-Jan Sarah Liu
Shan-Jan Sarah Liu*
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University of Edinburgh
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Politics & Gender , Volume 15 , Special Issue 3: Special Symposium on Michelle Obama , September 2019 , E14
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