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Michaele L. Ferguson is Associate Professor of Political Science and Faculty Associate in the Women and Gender Studies Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her books include Sharing Democracy and W Stands for Women: How the George W. Bush Presidency Shaped a New Politics of Gender, co-edited with Lori J. Marso.
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