My research topic will be “Women in the USA: the mechanism of gender equality,” which aims to study the processes of the emergence of political power among women in the USA. The role of factors determining the status of American women in the state and society and the degree of influence of women themselves on the development of state policy in general and concerning the female population is considered (Ladam et al., 2018). Within the framework of this paper, the historical period of 90 years, separated by two events, will be analyzed. In 1916 Janet Rankin, the first American woman, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Having started her career as a legislator at the age of 47, Nancy Pelosi became the first American speaker of the House of Representatives at the beginning of the XXI century.
The latter turned out to be at the top of the American political power structure, becoming the second person in the hierarchy of the successors of the U.S. president. In the sphere of the U.S. economy, two significant trends continue to operate, which were characteristic of the last quarter of the twentieth century. Thus, the study of the activities of these politicians will allow us to pay attention to various aspects of the formation and transformation of the political system in the United States. The Speaker of the House of Representatives exerts enormous political influence, determines legislators’ agenda, sends bills to committees for consideration, and appoints House officials (Ladam et al., 2018). The United States of America demonstrates the desire to use internal reserves for the development of society, creating opportunities for the entire disclosure of the potential of the female population of the country, seeing this as a powerful source of its progress.
Sources
A special search engine indexes only scientific texts — this is “Google Scholar”. The indexed sources in this system are likely to be scientific, reliable, and up-to-date. In addition, I can use various information from open sources on the Internet, namely newspapers and magazines, from which the researcher can get information about the news. In addition, I should correspondingly use the library’s capabilities in order to gain access to more sources. The main emphasis in the search for information will be placed on studying open data and biographies about the studied personalities. To do this, attention should be paid to their memories, diaries, or recordings of speeches, with the help of which it will be possible to draw certain conclusions.
Difficulties
In studying for such a long period of time, it is necessary to consider many factors for the study to be considered more significant and objective. However, the problem is the difficulty of avoiding too subjective assessment of the analyzed socio-political situation. Therefore, I would like to understand how to build a narrative to be convincing and reliable. There are no other problems since many open sources allow analyzing various historical events related to these personalities.
Reference
Ladam, C., Harden, J. J., & Windett, J. H. (2018). Prominent role models: High-Profile female politicians and the emergence of women as candidates for public office. American Journal of Political Science, 62(2), 369–381. Web.