Mothers, Daughters, and Political Socialization

Using a unique data set comparing mothers and daughters who attended Douglass College—the women's college of Rutgers University—twenty-five years apart, Krista Jenkins perceptively observes the changes in how women acquire their attitudes toward gender roles and behaviors in the post-women's movement years. Mothers, Daughters, and Political Socialization  examines the role of intergenerational transmission—the maternal influences on younger women—while also looking at differences among wome