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From God’s House to the State House: the importance of faith to African American women who run for elected office
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DesVignes, Crystal. From God’s House to the State House: the importance of faith to African American women who run for elected office. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-6vaa-8a98

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TitleFrom God’s House to the State House: the importance of faith to African American women who run for elected office
NameDesVignes, Crystal (author); Josephson, Jyl (chair); Dittmar, Kelly (member); Morel, Domingo (member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - Newark
Date Created2021
Other Date2021-10 (degree)
SubjectPolitical science, African American politicians, Women politicians, Faith and reason -- Christianity, African American Christians
Extent1 online resource (iv, 81 pages)
DescriptionA democracy is legitimized by the full participation of all its citizens. However, when discussing America’s political leadership, we could use more women in the forefront. Many studies have looked at why women run for office and the motivations behind their run. Scholars look at many different types of motivating factors. In recent years there exists a shift in the literature from treating women like men, to determining that their motivation and contributing factors look different from their male counterparts. I argue in this thesis that for African–American Women, a key motivation for their run for elected office is the influence they receive from their faith in God and the Black church.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-6vaa-8a98
LanguageEnglish
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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