University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations Summer 2019 Women in the Governor's Mansion: Breaking the Barrier to Competition Helen Adair King Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation King, H. A.(2019). Women in the Governor's Mansion: Breaking the Barrier to Competition. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/5478 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WOMEN IN THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION: BREAKING THE BARRIER TO COMPETITION by Helen Adair King Bachelor of Arts Wake Forest University, 2003 Master of Public Administration University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2007 Master of Arts University of South Carolina, 2014 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina 2019 Accepted by: David Darmofal, Major Professor Todd Shaw, Committee Member Marjorie J. Spruill, Committee Member Laura R. Woliver, Committee Member Cheryl L. Addy, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School © Copyright by Helen Adair King, 2019 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to my sons, Austin and Blake. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to formally acknowledge the members of my dissertation committee: Dr. David Darmofal, Dr. Todd Shaw, Dr. Marjorie Spruill and Dr. Laura Woliver. I deeply appreciate their time and dedication to this dissertation.