Correlation of the Number of African American Congresswomen and Their Higher Educational Attainment ()
ABSTRACT
The black women’s share in the US Congress in 2023 is low compared to the US Congress’ total number of members. Additionally, the realisation that this is occurring after more
than half a century since 1969 when Shirley Chisholm was the first and only black Congresswoman to be elected, makes us reflect upon the possibility of any existing
related phenomena. Moreover, nearly
quarter of the African American women had a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2020, a matter that raises the need to try to connect the
dots between the higher educational accomplishment of Black women and their
political participation in the Congress from 1969 to the present. Therefore, this work is going to try to
find out whether there is a correlation
between the African American women’s higher educational attainment and
their political participation in the US Congress from 1969 to the present.
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Darrag Saleh, R. (2023) Correlation of the Number of African American Congresswomen and Their Higher Educational Attainment.
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
11, 572-588. doi:
10.4236/jss.2023.115034.
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