Daughters of the Dynasties: Father-Daughter Succession in Asia and the United States
Dinesh Sharma, Britt Romagna, Zara Lowenthal & Jamilla Perez-Hosein
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Daughters of the Dynasties: Father-Daughter Succession in Asia and the United States
Dinesh Sharma, Britt Romagna, Zara Lowenthal & Jamilla Perez-Hosein
References
AARP Florida. (2022). Guardianship in Florida: A system in need of reform. AARP.
Ajemian, N. (2025, June 2). “ Women run 11% of Fortune 500 companies in 2025—but progress is still slow. Fortune.” Fortune.
Anagol, P. (2017). The emergence of feminism in India, 1850–1920. Routledge.
Associated Press. (2025). “Remarks by RFK Jr. on autism draw criticism.”
Blackburn, S. (2004). Women and the state in modern Indonesia. Cambridge University Press.
Catalyst. (2024). Women CEOs of the S&P 500. Catalyst. Catalyst.
Chandra, K. (2016). Democratic dynasties: State, party, and family in contemporary Indian politics. Cambridge University Press.
Chambers, P., & Napisa, W. (2024). “Thailand’s dynastic politics and the rise of Paetongtarn Shinawatra.” Asian Affairs, 55(2), 215–229. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2024.0000000
Choi, N. (2015). “Women’s political pathways in Southeast Asia.” International Feminist Journal of Politics, 17(2), 224–248. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2013.864369
Clinton, H. R. (2014). Hard choices. Simon & Schuster.
Corbett, C.; Voelkel, J. G.; Cooper, M. & Willer, R. (2022). “Pragmatic bias impedes women’s access to political leadership.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 119(6).
Dasgupta, S. & Mukherjee, S. (2006). “Widowhood and social marginalization in India.” Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 13(2), 221–243.
Derichs, C.; Fleschenberg, A. & Hüstebeck, M. (2011). “Gendering moral capital: Morality as a political asset and strategy of top female politicians in Asia.” Critical Asian Studies, 43(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.2011.545385
Deb, S.; Dhaliwal, A. J.; Roy, M. & Unwin, G. L. (2023). “Psychotropic medication use in adults with intellectual disabilities: Prevalence, patterns, and concerns.” Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 67(5), 389–405.
Encyclopaedia Britannica. (n.d.). How many people actually got lobotomized? Britannica. Retrieved June 2, 2026, fromhttps://www.britannica.com/story/how-many-people-actually-got-lobotomized
Frank, K. (2001). Indira: The life of Indira Nehru Gandhi. HarperCollins.
Fleschenberg, A. (2008). Asia’s women politicians at the top: Roaring tigresses or tame kittens? Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Gandhi, I. (1989). My truth. Grove Press.
Hofstadter R. (1964). The paranoid style in American politics and other essays. Harvard University Press.
Inter-Parliamentary Union. (2024). Women in politics: 2024 map. Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Jaffrelot, C. (2003). India’s silent revolution: The rise of the lower castes in North India. Columbia University Press.
Jalalzai, F. (2013). Shattered, cracked, or firmly intact? Women and the executive glass ceiling worldwide. Oxford University Press.
Kazin, M. (1995). The populist persuasion: An American history. Cornell University Press.
Kelleher, M. A. (2010). The measure of woman: Law and female identity in the Crown of Aragon. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Kessler, L. (2004). The missing Kennedy: Rosemary Kennedy and the secret bonds of four women. Perseus.
Khanna, T., & Palepu, K. (2010). Winning in emerging markets: A road map for strategy and execution. Harvard Business Review Press.
Kirkley, E. A. (1990). “’This Work Is God’s Cause’: Religion in the southern woman suffrage movement, 1880-1920.” Church History, 59(4), 507–522. https://doi.org/10.2307/3169146.
Kohn, N. A.; Blumenthal, J. A., & Campbell, A. T. (2013). “Supported decision-making: A viable alternative to guardianship?” Penn State Law Review, 117(4), 1111–1157.
Kolb, L. C. (1953). “Clinical evaluation of prefrontal lobotomy.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 152(12), 1085–1089. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1953.03690120001001
Larson, E. (2015). Rosemary: The hidden Kennedy daughter. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Leamer, L. (1994). The Kennedy women: The saga of an American family. Villard Books.
Liew, Z.; Sanchez, A. L.; Roberts, A. L., et al. (2024). “Prenatal acetaminophen exposure and autism: A large-scale sibling comparison study.” JAMA Pediatrics, 178(2), 123–131.
McCargo, D. & Ukrist, P. (2005). The Thaksinization of Thailand. NIAS Press.
McTaggart, L. (2018). “The secret life of the brain.” Penguin.
Mudde, C. & Kaltwasser, C. R. (2017). Populism: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
National Park Service. (2024, January 24). Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest Kennedy daughter. U.S. Department of the Interior. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/rosemary-kennedy-the-eldest-kennedy-daughter.htm
Rajgopal, S. (2022). “Sati and its abolition: A historical analysis.” Journal of South Asian Studies, 45(1), 67–85.
Richter, L. (1990). “Exploring theories of female leadership in South and Southeast Asia.” Pacific Affairs, 63(4), 524–540. https://doi.org/10.2307/2760442
Sen, A. (1990). “More than 100 million women are missing.” The New York Review of Books, 37(20), 61–66.
Shorter, E. (2017). The history of psychiatry. Oxford University Press.
Simon, A.; Margolis, L. H.; Adams, J. E. & Bowman, K. M. (1951). “Unilateral and bilateral lobotomy: A controlled evaluation.” AMA Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry, 66(4), 494–503. https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1951.02320100094012
Texas Office of Court Administration. (2019). Guardianship abuse, fraud, and exploitation deterrence program: Annual report.
Vescio, T. K., Schermerhorn, N. E. C. (2021). “Hegemonic masculinity predicts 2016 and 2020 voting and candidate evaluations.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 118(2).
Volpe, J. J. (2018). Volpe’s neurology of the newborn (6th ed.). Elsevier.
Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Rosemary Kennedy. Wikipedia. Retrieved June 2, 2026, fromhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy
Women in Family Business. (2023). “10 women family business owners who succeeded their fathers.” Women in Family Business.
World Bank. (2023). Women, business and the law 2023. World Bank.
Zwissler, L. (2012). “Religion, feminism, and the shaping of activism.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 28(1), 45–63.