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The All Souls Unitarian Universalist Forum, Kansas City's longest ongoing conversation, has offered a platform for the discussion of significant issues since 1943.
In this episode, Dr. Teri Finneman discusses the portrayal of women candidates in political campaigns. This presentation was originally made at The Universalist Congregation in Lawrence, KS in March, 2020. Dr. Finneman’s comments describe the treatment of women candidates in American politics over the past 100 years and in the recent campaign, which was underway when she gave this talk.
Teri Finneman is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. She previously worked as a print journalist and multimedia correspondent covering state government, business and enterprise. Her research focuses on news coverage of U.S. first ladies and women politicians, as well as the U.S. suffrage movement. She is the author of Press Portrayals of Women Politicians, 1870s-2000s, which was named a 2016 finalist for the Frank Luther Mott – Kappa Tau Alpha book award for best research-based book about journalism or mass communication.
