Voting and Civic Engagement Among Utah Women

Acknowledgement:  This manuscript has been adapted from its initial release by the Utah Women & Leadership Project on October 3, 2016, as Research Snapshot No.  1:  Voting and Civic Engagement Among Utah Women (see http://www.uvu.edu/uwlp/research/briefs.html; accessed April 26, 2019). Utah has a strong history of women’s political and civic involvement. The state was an early …

Utah Women and STEM

Acknowledgement: This manuscript has been adapted from its initial release by the Utah Women & Leadership Project on December 2, 2016, as Research Snapshot No. 4: Utah Women and STEM (see http://www.uvu.edu/uwlp/research/briefs.html). Employment opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) sectors in Utah are estimated to reach 101,000 by 2018 (Carnevale, Smith, & Melton, …

The Status of Women in Utah Politics: Congress, Statewide Executive Offices, and the State Legislature

Acknowledgement: This manuscript has been adapted from its initial release by the Utah Women & Leadership Project on December 2, 2016, as Research Snapshot No. 4: Utah Women and STEM (see http://www.uvu.edu/uwlp/research/briefs.html). A host of national reports and media (e.g., Chu & Posner, 2013) in the past decade have ranked Utah last or near last …

The Status of Women in Utah Politics: Counties, Mayors, City Councils, and Boards of Education

Acknowledgement: This manuscript has been adapted from its initial release by the Utah Women & Leadership Project on January 4, 2017, as a Research & Policy Brief titled “The Status of Women in Utah Politics: A 2017 Update” (see http://www.uvu.edu/uwlp/research/briefs.html). This includes only a portion of the data presented in the brief. Several national reports …

Labor Force Participation Among Utah Women

Susan R. Madsen, Robbyn T. Scribner / Utah Valley University Acknowledgement: This manuscript has been adapted from its initial release by the Utah Women & Leadership Project on December 2, 2016, as Research Snapshot No. 5: Labor Force Participation Among Utah Women (see http://www.uvu.edu/uwlp/research/briefs.html). Over the past half-century or so, Utah women’s participation in the …