{"id":69184,"date":"2005-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/women-in-politics-topic-of-annual-lecture-at-uri\/"},"modified":"2005-10-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-13T00:00:00","slug":"women-in-politics-topic-of-annual-lecture-at-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/10\/women-in-politics-topic-of-annual-lecture-at-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in politics topic of annual lecture at 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — October 13, 2005 — State Senator Elizabeth Roberts (D-Warwick, Cranston), and Jennifer Lawless, an assistant professor of political science at Brown University, will speak on \u201cWomen in Politics: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities,\u201d on Thursday, Oct. 20<\/b> at 7:30 p.m. in the Galanti Lounge on the third floor of the 溏心vlog免费B站 library. Their talk, free and open to the public, is the annual Eleanor and Oscar Carlson Visiting Lecture. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe lecture in the fall usually focuses on women\u2019s political issues,\u201d said Karen Stein, director of the Women\u2019s Studies program at 溏心vlog免费B站, which is sponsoring the event. \u201cThe issue of women in politics is really important to learn and understand more about these days, especially considering the U.S. is a global superpower, yet many other countries have largely surpassed us when it comes to women in politics. Other countries have had women presidents, prime ministers and chancellors- why not the U.S.?\u201d<\/p>\n


\nRoberts, who has served in the Rhode Island Senate for nine years and is running for lieutenant governor, said she hopes to tell her personal story of working as a woman in the state General Assembly. She also plans to discuss the trends of why the number of women running for public office is declining. \u201cThere are unique barriers women confront when running for office,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cSome of them are due to the way women look at themselves; other barriers are created by our political system.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nLawless, who recently co-authored the book It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don\u2019t Run for Office<\/i>, is running against Congressman Jim Langevin for Rhode Island\u2019s second district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIf women make up more than 50 percent of the electorate, then why aren\u2019t half of our elected officials women?\u201d Lawless asked. \u201cWomen have unique perspectives on the issues facing Americans today, and it\u2019s time we sent more women to Washington. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWomen are more likely than men to consider running for office because the decision-making process is different,\u201d Lawless said. \u201cWomen are still responsible for balancing home and work in a way that men are not. Women are also less likely to be recruited than men and less likely to think they\u2019re qualified.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nIn 1988, Eleanor M. Carlson pledged $1 million to the Women\u2019s Studies Program. The donation established four endowments in her and her late husband Oscar\u2019s name, one of which included the endowed lecture series. <\/p>\n

Click here for a map<\/a> and directions to the event location.
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