Mothers, Daughters, and Political Socialization

Two Generations at an American Women's College

Krista Jenkins

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781439909287, 9781439909270
• eBook ISBN: 9781439909294
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Process
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Using a unique data set comparing mothers and daughters who attended Douglass College—the women's college of Rutgers University—twenty-five years apart, Krista Jenkins perceptively observes the changes in how women acquire their attitudes toward gender roles and behaviors in the post-women's movement years.

Mothers, Daughters, and Political Socialization examines the role of intergenerational transmission—the maternal influences on younger women—while also looking at differences among women in attitudes and behaviors relative to gender roles that might be attributed to the nature of the times during their formative years. How do daughters coming of age in an era when the women's movement is far less visible deal with gendered expectations compared to their mothers? Do they accept the contemporary status quo their feminist mothers fought so hard to achieve? Or, do they press forward with new goals?

Jenkins shows how contemporary women are socialized to accept or reject traditional gender roles that serve to undermine their equality.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Ch. 1 / Gender Roles and Political Socialization
• Ch. 2 / Considering the Women’s Movement
• Ch. 3 / Gender Roles and Private Life
• Ch. 4 / Gender Roles and Public Life
• Ch. 5 / Gender Roles and the Political Process
• Ch. 6 / Consistency and Consolidation
• Appendix
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index