Counting Women's Ballots: Female Voters from Suffrage Through the New Deal (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781316505878)

How did the first female voters cast their ballots? For almost 100 years, answers to this question have eluded scholars. Counting Women's Ballots employs new data and novel methods to provide insights into whether, how, and with what consequences women voted in the elections after suffrage. The analysis covers a larger and more diverse set of places, over a longer period of time, than has previously been possible. J. Kevin Corder and Christina Wolbrecht find that the extent to which women voted and which parties they supported varied considerably across time and place, challenging attempts to describe female voters in terms of simple generalizations. Many women adapted quickly to their new right; others did not. In some cases, women reinforced existing partisan advantages; in others, they contributed to dramatic political realignment. Counting Women's Ballots improves our understanding of the largest expansion of the American electorate during a transformative period of American history.

Author: J. Kevin Corder, Christina Wolbrecht
ISBN-10: 1316505871
ISBN-13: 9781316505878
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2016
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2017