"Women in Public Office"--Kaitlin Sidorsky

Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Ramapo College Kaitlin Sidorsky will discuss "Women in Public Office in the library's Mackay Room on Wednewsday, March 26 at 7 p.m.

The talk will give a general overview of women's representation in government, then hone in on NJ women's representation and will also include a discussion of race and ethnicity as well.

There is no cost to attend. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Englewood Library.

Sidorsky earned her BA from Bryant University and her MA and PhD in political science from Brown University. Among the books she has authored or co-authored are Inequality Across State Lines: How Policymakers Have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States (Cambridge University Press), All Roads Lead to Power: Appointed and Elected Paths to Public Office for U.S. Women (University Press of Kansas), and a forthcoming state government simulation textbook with Rowman & Littlefield. She has also published articles in the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, Perspectives on Politics, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and Political Research Quarterly. Sidorsky has provided political analysis to Bloomberg Law, the Brookings Institution, and the London School of Economics.

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