This dissertation is an extended look at the political fundraising relationship through the lens of women politicians in national-level politics and the identity PACs that formed to help elect them. It is a case study that sheds light on an interesting and understudied social dynamic in the American institution of politics: the relationship between individual donors and the candidates they donate to. While there are reams of research on why corporations, unions and other large membership organizations make political donations, especially by political scientists, there is much less research on individuals and identity PACs. This opens up a space for new scholarship, especially for a sociological analysis of women and political fundraising.