288:. In the early 1970s, less than 5% of all elected officials in the United States were women, but by 1980 the number had grown to 10%. Mandel used both candidate interviews and observational research methods to document the experiences of women candidates as the proportion of elected officials who were women more than doubled. Obituaries for Mandel credited
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After obtaining her PhD, Mandel began teaching
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Holocaust Memorial Museum. In 1993, she was named Vice Chair of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, a position that was appointed by the
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Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, which she remained until she stepped down in 2019.
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