Joint Center Quoted in Fiscal Note on Female Representation in Congress

Joint Center Senior Researcher Dr. LaShonda Brenson, who leads our Hill Diversity research, was quoted in Fiscal Note exploring the demographic breakdown of female representation in the Legislative Branch.

From the article: “Rather than make assumptions about a woman legislator’s interests, ‘you want to leave it up to the lawmakers themselves’ to identify their priorities, Brenson says. ‘You don’t want to come into the conversation with certain stereotypes about women and automatically assume certain things. Women come from different racial, political, or religious backgrounds, and that can also influence what issues might be a priority to them.’”

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