Before that she spent more than 20 years as the Director of the Eagleton Institute's Center for American Women and Politics.
[1] Mandel and her family, who were Jewish, attempted to flee Austria and Germany shortly before the Holocaust as refugees on the MS St.
[1] After the passengers were not permitted to disembark in Cuba, the United States, or Canada, the ship returned to Europe, where Mandel's family was able to escape to England.
[2][3] As the Director of the Center for American Women and Politics for more than 20 years, and then of the entire Eagleton Institute for another 24 years, Mandel has been credited with building substantial parts of the Eagleton Center[4] as well as promoting the role of women in American politics more broadly.
[5][6] Obituaries for Mandel credited In the running with being "the first book-length account of women's experiences as candidates for political office".