The power and authority available for women are very important in measuring the cultural system in each society contains a gender bias or not. This study will examine whether the matrifocal and matrilineal society guarantees gender equality rather than the patriarchal and patrilineal society and...

This paper examines the unique contributions women have made in Missouri politics from its transition from territory to statehood to the present through qualitative analysis of biographical accounts and personal interviews. I argue that Missouri women in state and national level politics have...

This paper investigates the effect of female directors on financial fraud, focusing on the role of independent female directors and their demographics, such as experience, financial expertise, and audit committee membership. We find that independent female directors have a negative and...