Was Women’s Suffrage a Failure?

The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 granted American women the right to vote. Critics almost immediately decried women’s suffrage as a failure. This talk provides new insight into whether, how, and with what impact women cast their ballots in the period immediately following suffrage. Christina Wolbrecht is the Director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy C. Robert and Margaret Hanley Family Director of the Notre Dame Washington Program Professor of Political Science.

About the Series:

Saturday Scholars: A different game plan for autumn weekends.
You are invited to join in discussion with Notre Dame’s most engaging faculty on some of the most pressing and fascinating issues of our times.

Each lecture and Q&A is presented in the Snite Museum’s Annenberg Auditorium on a home football game Saturday. All lectures are free and open to the public.

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November 20, 2018

Law and PoliticsChristina WolbrechtCollege of Arts and LettersDemocracyPolitical ScienceRooney Center for the Study of American DemocracyWomen

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