Bücher von Karen Owen

Elli traut ihren Ohren nicht: Wer spricht da? Es ist Bo, der Vogel, der ihr zugeflogen ist! Ihr verhasstes Hörgerät ist also doch zu etwas gut - Elli versteht damit alles, was Bo sagt. Das ist perfekt für das Detektivteam von Elli und ihrer Freundin Greta. Denn Bo übernimmt ab sofort die Beobachtung aus der Luft. Gemeinsam folgen die drei den Spuren des gemeinen Fahrraddiebs, der in der Stadt sein Unwesen treibt.Ein Kinderkrimi mit genau der richtigen Spannung und einer guten Prise Humor. Auch für Kinder denen das Lesen nicht leichtfällt.

Recent electoral seasons in American politics demonstrate women's keen interest, involvement, and influence as candidates and officeholders. Women possess political ambition, albeit in varying degrees, and as such, women seek opportunities to be politically engaged and affect Americas representative institutions. This book analyzes why American women run for political office, and explores how political role models, identified as publicly elected officials and/or those who have served in the political arena, have greatly motivated women to run for higher political office, including seats in the U.S. Congress and state governorships. Evidence from personal interviews with ten congresswomen and fifty-five female state legislators reveals the ambitious nature of female politicians, the encouragement of political factors in their decisions to advance in politics, and their perceived responsibility to be role models to other women. Moreover, in studying thirty-five years of elections data, I find substantial support for how female political role models influence female state legislators' candidacies and electoral outcomes to higher office. This work highlights the importance of women as symbolic representatives; female politicians are instrumental in emboldening a new generation of women to engage in politics. Role models in politics indeed have a purpose and an influential nature.