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Progress is Not Linear: A Book Event with Dr. Marjorie J. Spruill

Join the Women in Public Service Project for a book event with former Wilson Center Fellow Dr. Marjorie J. Spruill, author of the book Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values that Polarized American Politics to discuss the findings of her research that led to the publication of this book.

Date & Time

Monday
Jul. 24, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm ET

Location

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Overview

Since thousands of women flooded into Houston, Texas for the 1977 National Women's Conference, women’s representation in policy and political leadership in the U.S. has increased: over the last 40 years, women’s participation in the Senate has increased by 21% and by 15% in the House. This has ensured key issues from 1977, such as maternity leave and equal pay, continue to play a role in national policy conversations.

In the early 1970s, both major political parties in the United States supported the goals of the women’s rights movement. But the political dissonance sparked by the 1977 conference can be considered the source for many of the cleavages in U.S politics today.

Join the Women in Public Service Project at the Wilson Center for a book event with former Wilson Center Fellow Dr. Marjorie J. Spruill, author of the book Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values that Polarized American Politics to discuss the findings of her research that led to the publication of this book, and her work in women’s history to show that, indeed, “progress is not linear”.


Hosted By

Global Women's Leadership Initiative

The Global Women’s Leadership Initiative has hosted the Women in Public Service Project at the Wilson Center since June, 2012. The Women in Public Service Project will accelerate global progress towards women’s equal participation in policy and political leadership to create more dynamic and inclusive institutions that leverage the full potential of the world’s population to change the way global solutions are forged.  Read more

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