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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
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I N O U R U N I V E R S E
FINE-
 TUNING 

FRED C.ADAMS
Ta-You Wu Collegiate Professor of
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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

