11 Facts About Ruth Mandel

Ruth Mandel, usually published as Ruth B Mandel, was an American political scientist.

Ruth Mandel was the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University for more than 20 years, where she was a professor of politics.

Ruth Mandel was born in Vienna on August 29,1938 to Mechel and Lea Blumenstock.

In 1960, Ruth Mandel graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in English literature.

Ruth Mandel then attended the University of Connecticut, where she earned a PhD in 1969.

Debbie Walsh, a subsequent director of the Center for American Women and Politics, cited the moment that Ruth Mandel became director of the Center as "the moment when Second Wave feminism met electoral politics".

Ruth 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 Ruth Mandel credited In the running with being "the first book-length account of women's experiences as candidates for political office".

In 1991, Ruth Mandel was appointed to the governing board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Ruth Mandel's work was cited, or she was interviewed, on topics relating to women and politics in news outlets like The Washington Post, Bloomberg News, The Atlantic, and Politico.

Ruth Mandel was awarded both an honorary Doctor of Public Service from Chatham College and an honorary Doctor of Public Administration from Georgian Court University.