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Christina Wolbrecht

Associate Professor of Political Science

The former director of Notre Dame’s Program in American Democracy, Wolbrecht is co-author of a study published in the Journal of Politics that shows the more women politicians are made visible in national news coverage, the more likely young women are to become politically active. Her award-winning book “The Politics of Women’s Rights: Parties, Positions, and Change” demonstrates how the Republican and Democratic parties have helped transform, and have been transformed by, American public debate and policy on women’s rights. Wolbrecht explores the politically charged developments that have contributed to a redefinition and expansion of the women’s rights agenda since the 1960s, including legal changes, the emergence of the modern women’s movement, and changes in patterns of employment, fertility and marriage. Wolbrecht currently is engaged in a collaborative project that uses ecological inference techniques to examine women’s voting behavior and its impact on the American political system in the period immediately following the granting of women’s suffrage in 1920.

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