Bridging the Divide 2020, Part 4: The 19th Amendment and the Myth that All Women Vote the Same

Episode Topic: The 19th Amendment and the Myth that All Women Vote the Same

In August 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made it illegal to prevent people from voting based on their sex, enfranchising millions of women around the country. But its protections were not applied equally. Two leading Notre Dame political scientists will discuss what the 19th Amendment did and did not do, the role women have played in the elections of the past 100 years, and the myth of the homogenous "woman voter."

Featured Speakers:

• Dianne Pinderhughes is a Notre Dame Presidential Faculty Fellow, and Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Department of Political Science. 
• Christina Wolbrecht is professor of political science, director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, and C. Robert and Margaret Hanley Family Director of the Notre Dame Washington Program. 
• Kenya Young ’94 is the executive producer of “Morning Edition” at National Public Radio (NPR).

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This podcast is a part of the Bridging the Divide Discussion Series titled "Bridging the Divide" 2020.

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