Hillary Effect: Perspectives on Clinton’s Legacy

Ivy A.M. Cargile (B.A. California State University, Fullerton; M.A. and PhD Claremont Graduate University) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University, Bakersfield. Denise Davis (B.A. University of Redlands; MSc London School of Economics) is the Director of the Women's Resource Center at the University of California, Riverside. Denise has spent her career working in Student Affairs and teaching Gender and Sexuality Studies in higher education. In 2017, she launched the inaugural PersistWomen's Political Engagement Conference at the University of California, Riverside, which was the first of its kind in the region. Jennifer Merolla (B.A. Boston College; M.A. and Ph.D. Duke University) is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. She is co-author of Democracy at Risk: How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public, published with the University of Chicago Press (2009), and Framing Immigrants: News Coverage, Public Opinion and Policy, published with the Russell Sage Foundation (2016). Rachel VanSickle-Ward (B.A. Pitzer College; M.A. and Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley) is a professor of Political Studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. Her first book, The Devil is in the Details: Understanding the Causes of Policy Specificity and Ambiguity (SUNY Press, 2014; winner, Herbert A. Simon Book Award), explores the impact of political and institutional fragmentation on policy wording, focusing on the dynamics of socialpolicy construction in the states.

Cargile, Davis, Merolla and VanSickle-Ward assembled an exciting volume of diverse perspectives to commemorate the enduring effects of Hillary Clinton's career. This volume combines inspiring stories with systematic analyses to reclaim the narrative around Clinton. It elucidates and celebrates the countless ways in which she changed the face of politics, inciting "resilience, recognition, and resistance" among women and girls everywhere.

• I About the Contributors Prologue: The Path Up is Always a Jagged Line, Gloria SteinemII. Introduction, Jennifer L. Merolla and Rachel VanSickle-Ward III. I'm With Her: Clinton's Impact on Women's Lives and Ambitions 2. Preface, Jennifer L. Merolla 3. The Stories Not Told: Misrepresenting the Women Who Loved Clinton, Jennifer Piscopo 4. Parallel Lives, Debra Van Sickle 5.Listening Her Way to a Historic Victory: On Hillary Clinton's 1999-2000 Senate Campaign, Kathleen A. Feeley 6. Recognition, Jennifer Chudy 7. Clarity in the Chaos: A New (and Improved) Vision of Motherhood, Faith & Feminism, Jaclyn Cohen 8. From Fraud to Fighter, Brinda Sarathy IV. Agents of Change, Drivers of Progress: Clinton's Role in Shaping Activism 9. Preface, Denise S. Davis10. Clinton Does Inspire: The Narrative about Hillary Clinton's 'Enthusiasm Gap' Silences the Political Voices of Women, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Jennifer L. Merolla11. Dolores Speaks: Hillary's Influence on Activism and Politics, Dolores Huerta and Ivy A.M. Cargile12. My Personal Hillary Effect, Torie Osborn13. Pantsuit Nation, Jenn Carson14. Glass Tumblers, DC Lozano 15. Failure is Impossible, Paulette Hinds-Brown 16. The #Resistance Tips its Pussy Hat to HRC, Casey B.K. Dominguez 17. The Hillary (Counterfactual) Effect: A Peculiar Paradox of Policy History and the Influence of Black Political Activism, Shayla C. Nunnally V. When There Are No Ceilings, the Sky's the Limit: Clinton's Impact on Campaigns and Elections 18. Preface, Ivy A.M. Cargile 19. Hillary Clinton: The Exception and the Rule, Carrie Skulley 20. Battling Stereotypes of Women as Weak on National Security, Mirya R. Holman, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister21. Rethinking Gender as an Electoral Asset, Kelly Dittmar 22. A Mother for President: Motherhood Takes Center Stage at the DNC, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Jill S. Greenlee 23. Turning Point: Hillary Clinton's Impact on Latino Politics, Adrian D. Pantoja24. Latinas and Clinton's 2016 Campaign, Christina Bejarano 25. Not in 'Mixed-Company'?: Courageous Conversations about Women and the Race Gap in American Politics, Lorrie Frasure26. The Year After, A'shanti Gholar27. Running Because of Hillary, Denise S. Davis 28. Stronger Together: How Hillary Clinton May Have Nudged More Women to Run for Office, Kristin Kanthak VI. Our Children are Watching: Clinton's Impact on Parents and Kids29. Preface, Jennifer L. Merolla 30. Even in Defeat, Clinton's Campaign Could Still Inspire Young Women, Christina Wolbrecht and David Campbell 31. Hillary Clinton, My Daughter, and Me, Abby Wood 32. Drawing Madam President: How Children Imagine Hillary Clinton as a Political Leader, Jill S. Greenlee, Angela L. Bos, Mirya R. Holman, J. Celeste Lay, and Zoe M. Oxley 33. Real Moms of Palo Alto, Real Takeaways from Hillary's Candidacy, Melissa Michelson 34. Fatherhood, First-daughters and the First Woman Presidential Candidate, Jill S. Greenlee, Tatishe Nteta, Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow and Jesse Rhodes VII. Deal Me In: Clinton's Impact on Policy 35. Preface, Rachel VanSickle-Ward36. Standing Her Ground on Foreign Policy, Roselyn Hsueh 37. Women's Rights are Human Rights, Celeste Montoya 38. Global Gender Effects: The Impact of Hillary Clinton on American Foreign Policy,Sara Angevine 39. The Backbone of Democracy: Clinton, Women of Color, and the Fight for Voting Rights, Ivy A.M. Cargile 40. The Economic Woman: Why Clinton's Economic Message still Matters, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Emma Stephens 41. The Wisdom of a Wonky Woman, Reflecting on Clinton's Approach to Policy on the Campaign Trail, Rachel VanSickle-Ward VIII. Conclusion, Jennifer L. Merolla and Rachel VanSickle-Ward