10.7910/DVN/5JTYVR Lex, Louise Ann Moede Louise Ann Moede Lex Iowa State University Harvard Dataverse 1981 Social Sciences mra 101-500 female mixed not asked middle 1 yes Work Women Public Administration Louise Ann Moede Lex Louise Ann Moede Lex Murray Research Archive 1981 2007-11-28 2022-03-09 survey 1902.1/00542 00542 10.7910/DVN/5JTYVR/HN5SAN 10.7910/DVN/5JTYVR/RKTSDP 10.7910/DVN/5JTYVR/0IYTV2 10.7910/DVN/5JTYVR/KT9FXI 10.7910/DVN/5JTYVR/B4XQEU 10.7910/DVN/5JTYVR/NN1Q2E 158916 452039 1499683 191674 387124 141836 application/x-spss-por application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf text/tab-separated-values 1.2 Custom terms specific to this dataset These data were collected in order to assess the impact of the feminist movement on women who served in the 1975-1976 sessions of their state legislatures, and to determine whether or not the women's movement was a factor in increasing the number of female lawmakers. <br /><br /> In late 1976, a self-administered questionnaire was mailed to 611 female legislators; 437 completed instruments were returned. The questionnaire contained six categories: personal and family characteristics, political characteristics, recruitment and reasons for running for office, community organization involvement, attitudes and issues related to improving the status of women, and explanations for the increasing rate of female state legislative aspirants. United States