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04-N2346 7/22/02 8:36 AM Page 67 A Comparative Study of Native American and Hispanic Women in Grassroots and Electoral Politics diane-michele prindeville Feminist scholarship exploring the role of women in politics has flourished over the decade of the nineties. Increasingly, social scientists are examining the leadership of women in grassroots organizations and in elected office to learn their motives, goals, and strategies for political leadership. Much of this work integrates the study of gender, race /ethnicity, and class with scholarship on women’s politics. Nevertheless, with some important exceptions, relatively few of these works have specifically examined the political participation of Na- tive American or Hispanic women. Furthermore, as researchers tend to focus their studies on either grassroots activists or public officials, rather than com- paring these two groups, we know little of whether, or how, women in grass- roots leadership differ from their counterparts in public office. For example, how do the demographic characteristics of grassroots activists and public officials compare? What are their experiences of political socialization, and how do their experiences differ? What motives do activists and officials have for assuming political leadership, and how do these motives differ? How do grassroots activists and public officials acquire
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies – University of Nebraska Press
Published: Apr 1, 2002
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