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The Motherless State: Women's Political Leadership and American Democracy (1st Edition) by Eileen L. Mcdonagh Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-226-51455-2 / 0226514552 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-51455-0 / 9780226514550 American women attain more professional success than most of their counterparts around the world, but they lag surprisingly far behind in the national political arena. Women held only 15 percent of U.S. congressional seats in 2006, a proportion that ranks America behind eighty-two other countries in |