Christina Wolbrecht
@cwolbrecht
Political scientist @ Notre Dame. Gender, parties, suffrage, role models. New: See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People.
On the other hand, I always appreciate cold call emails inviting me to collaborate with a virus that has killed more than a million people.
For 50 yrs, research has repeatedly shown that women legislators are more likely than men to introduce legislation to address the particular concerns of women. Has this always been true? Carrie Clyde Holly, one of the first three women state legislators, describes 1 of the 1st bills she intro'd:
Happy birthday, America. I am grateful today for all of those who, for more than 250 years, have fought and struggled to ensure that the US lives up to its founding principles.
I only met Raul in person a couple of times, but like so many of you, I considered him a friend through social media. His love of social science and social scientists was infectious. What a loss.
Instagram, Rome, 330 CE (Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan, St Louis Art Museum)
Great new paper out at @ajpseditor.bsky.social. In old school terms, women have a more enhanced sense of the D term. This finding helps explain US women's higher relative turnout despite women still lagging in terms of engagement-encouraging resources. Likely esp important for Black women.
I'm probably going to need some help to figure out the nuances and the basic conclusion will still be "unnaturalized immigrants denied voting rights in some states." Eg Keyssar figure: Was the introduction of laws specifying declarant aliens could vote a retraction or expansion of immigrant voting?
Yes, one thing I def need to add to the timeline is that Keyssar is the major source. All of what you are saying is correct but those sorts of nuances are challenging in a broad national timeline like this. There are fewer such laws now, but not none.
Keyssar says KY was the 1st state to introduce criminal disenfranchisement in 1792. The Brennan Center says many states continue to disenfranchise some felons. Is there an expert out there who can tell me if there has been a period between 1792 & 2026 in which NO states disenfranchised criminals?
By popular (?) demand, I've updated (and cleaned up) my suffrage and citizenship timeline with recent events and some additional clarifications. Feedback welcome! I will make the file available on my website (christinawolbrecht.com) by COB.
Yes, that version is fuzzy. Here's a screenshot from the book which might be clearer. It lacks my insertion of the "democratic elections" between 1965 and 2013, but you are welcome to paste that in there! Also happy to send a better file via email if you reach out.
As @mcopelov.bsky.social reminds me, I'm going to have to update my voting rights timeline...
Lots of amazing and well-deserving political scientists on the 2026 American Academy of Arts & Sciences inductees list, but a special shout out to my friend and collaborator, Dave Campbell. A great scholar and an excellent friend. So pleased to see him recognized. www.amacad.org/new-members-...
Please note that this is an AI image of Trump with Jesus, and not a REAL image of Trump with Jesus.
The idea that the rent is too high in HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN is seriously hilarious.
Obviously not in any way the point, but if you’re going to argue for household voting, it’s worth mentioning that more than half of American women are not married. www.census.gov/newsroom/sto...
When I tell you that I have 100% set up chairs for Wednesday Lenten soup supper in this basement….
I'm mostly delighted to find out that women sleep more, but the caregiving figure is the least surprising thing you'll ever see.
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My friend Abi Ocobock is an outstanding scholar. Please share this widely!
I made a mistake and went to look at the website that claimed the 19th Amendment will be repealed within a decade. They sell theological audiobooks.