Schools are often assigned primary responsibility for preparing students for a life of democratic citizenship. In the tradition of Tocqueville and, more recently, Robert Putnam we examine women's high school associational life to explore the factors that distinguish women who are active in their communities and politics from those women who are nonparticipants. Comparing women's participation in high school activities with such life experiences as marrying, working, and having children, our analysis of the panel study of the Senior Class of 1972 underscores the importance of women's participation in high school for their subsequent levels of civic and political engagement.
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