Running against All Odds | Scholars Strategy Network

Rutgers University-Camden

Professor Shauna Shames lays out why running for office often comes with additional costs for women and leads many to stay away from politics. Hillary Clinton has overcome the odds and may inspire others to run, but she is more of an outlier than the norm.

For more on this topic

Read her journal article or her two-page brief, Shattering the Glass Ceiling for Women in Politics.
See our working group on Women in Politics for OpEds and Briefs.
Check out the Presidential Gender Watch blog by SSN scholar Kelly Dittmar.