Women transforming Congress / edited by Cindy Simon Rosenthal.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [455]-489) and index.

Knowing Congress as a gendered institution : manliness and the implications of women in Congress / Georgia Duerst-Lahti -- Representing women : congresswomen's perceptions of their representational roles / Susan J. Carroll -- Congress and the transformation of the women's movement / Anne Costain and Heather Fraizer -- Women's changing pathways to the U.S. House of Representatives : widows, elites, and strategic politicians / Irwin N. Gertzog -- Women as candidates in Congressional elections / Richard E. Matland and David C. King -- Are women candidates transforming campaign communication? : a comparison of advertising videostyles in the 1990s / Dianne Bystrom and Lynda Lee Kaid -- Female legislators and the women's rights agenda : from feminine mystique to feminist era / Christina Wolbrecht -- The gendering of cancer policy : media advocacy and Congressional policy attention / Karen M. Kedrowski and Marilyn Stine Sarow -- Transforming the agenda : analyzing gender differences in women's issue bill sponsorship / Michele L. Swers -- Women, committees, and institutional change in the Senate / Laura W. Arnold and Barbara M. King -- Transforming policy from the inside : participation in committee / Noelle H. Norton -- Invisible power : Congressional staff and representation behind the scenes / Cindy Simon Rosenthal and Lauren Cohen Bell -- Enlarging representation : women bringing marginalized perspectives to floor debate in the House of Representatives / Katherine Cramer Walsh -- Legislative careers : the personal and the political / Sue Thomas, Rebekah Herrick, and Matthew Braunstein -- Representing women in Britain and the United States : the quest for numbers and power / Joyce Gelb -- Transforming the future through new leadership / Cindy Simon Rosenthal.