Gendering County Government and the End of 100,000 American School Districts, 1920--1970

Michael Callaghan Pisapia

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2014, vol. 44, issue 1, 24-50

Abstract: Americans abolished 100,000 school districts from 1920 to 1970, altering a policy domain that had long epitomized the decentralized character of American politics. This political development coincided with women's increased authority at the county level of government as reformers sought to overcome local, and typically male, resistance to reform. Not only did women become pivotal actors in generating legislative support for change; they came to wield new influence as the county became a central locus for administration. This gendering of county government, as women reformers undermined entrenched patterns of male political power at the local level, shows how avenues for women's political influence may open up as the administration of policy across different levels of government shifts over time. Copyright 2014, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2014
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