PART ONE: OVERVIEW The Empowerment of Women - Carol Mueller Polling and the Women's Voting Bloc PART TWO: THE POLITICAL MOBILIZATION OF WOMEN The Gender Factor in the Changing Electorate - Henry C Kenski The Ballot Box Revolution - Johanna S R Mendelson The Drive to Register Women PART THREE: DISCOVERY AND DEFINITION OF THE 'GENDER GAP' The Selling of the 'Gender Gap' - Kathy Bonk The Role of Organized Feminism The Ferraro Factor - Kathleen A Frankovic The Women's Movement, the Polls and the Press Press Portrayals of the Gender Gap - Julio Borquez, Edie N Goldenberg and Kim Fridkin Kahn PART FOUR: THE EMERGENCE OF WOMEN'S SPECIAL INTERESTS Women's Claims as a Special Interest - Anne N Costain Women and the Welfare State - Steve P Erie and Martin Rein Sex Differences in Support for Government Spending - Cynthia Deitch The Gender Gap - Pippa Norris A Cross-National Trend? PART FIVE: THE ELECTIONS OF THE EIGHTIES Women's Autonomy and the Gender Gap - Susan J Carroll 1980 and 1982 Gender and the Vote - Arthur Miller 1984 PART SIX: THE OUTLOOK Continuity and Change in Women's Political Agenda - Carol M Mueller
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McCormack et al. (1990) studied this question.