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#UMSuffrage2020 holds panel on
100th anniversary of 19th amendment
Researchers present their findings on spousal influence on voting behavior, political activities
KARA WARNKE
For The Daily
I N O U R U N I V E R S E
FINE-
TUNING
FRED C.ADAMS
Ta-You Wu Collegiate Professor of
Physics and Professor of Astronomy
T H E D E G R E E O F
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
4:00PM
PALMER COMMONS
FORUM HALL
A public lecture and reception.
For information please call (734) 615-6667.
More than 40 University
of Michigan students, faculty
and residents of Ann Arbor
gathered
in
the
Eldersveld
Room of Haven Hall on Monday
afternoon to listen to a panel
on
the
19th
Amendment’s
legacy
and
its
current
implications. The panel was a
part of the #UMSuffrage2020
speaker series in honor of
the
amendment’s
100th
anniversary.
Christina
Wolbrecht,
a
professor of political science
at Notre Dame University and
director of the Rooney Center
for the Study of American
Democracy,
spoke
about
common views among female
voters over the past century.
Wolbrecht especially focused
on the connection between the
voting choices of husbands and
their wives since the time of the
amendment.
According to Wolbrecht,
while the voting patterns of
husbands
and
wives
often
imitate each other, the voting
actions of the husband may not
directly impact the political
opinions
of
his
wife.
Her
research has found it is likely
a woman’s tendency to speak
about politics frequently within
her
family
and
community
causes
her
opinions
to
be
shaped by others, but it is not
necessarily
an
intentional
action on behalf of her husband
or her community.
“Is it possible that men were
telling their wives how to vote,
and some of them were voting
on that basis?” Wolbrecht said.
“Absolutely. It’s probably even
likely. We just don’t have a very
good sense within this data
about how likely that was.”
Corrine McConnaughy, an
associate professor of political
science at George Washington
University,
continued
with
her research on the number
of women’s groups who were
politically active before the
19th Amendment. She drew
examples from history, such
as
a
church
sewing
group
becoming politically active by
working towards goals such as
purchasing and building a city
graveyard.
According to McConnaughy,
the question of why political
organizations
would
want
to have women working for
them was answered by two
words: labor and money. She
said women were extremely
interested in advancing their
communities and were willing
to work hard for it. Additionally,
McConnaughy
said
women
often helped fundraise through
organizing.
“Women
doing
politics
might
look
different
than
men doing politics but that
doesn’t need to translate into
women doing women’s politics.”
McConnaughy said.
Before the meeting closed,
Mara
Cecilia
Ostfeld,
an
assistant professor of political
science
at
the
University,
presented the findings of her
project in progress focusing on
the effect of family socialization
on voting habits and opinions.
Her
research
is
currently
focused on why many women
vote against policies that benefit
women as a whole.
Ostfeld said her research
shows
that
regardless
of
whether one believes in an issue,
people still tend to bend to what
they anticipate would evoke the
best response from their family
members.
“Perceiving
your
family
would
stigmatize
you
for
supporting these issues is a
really strong predictor of your
own likelihood of supporting
these issues,” Ostfeld said.
Rackham
student
Zoe
Walker said she was especially
interested in hearing from the
researchers and the extent to
which topics regarding women
in politics are studied.
“There’s a lot of diversity
in the study of women and
politics,” Walker said. “There
are
historical
perspectives,
New
Age
perspectives,
and
they’re shaping the ways women
organize and the way in which
women
think
and
behave
politically. I think it’s really
important to think about how
complicated and interesting the
study of women is.”
Contributor Kara Warnke can
be reached at kjvarnk@umich.
edu