political scientist christina wolbrecht analyzed the accuracy of assumptions about women's votes and whether they were right in the 2016 election. >> good evening, everyone. i think there's a few more people in here for a little more robust good evening. before we welcome our guests, good evening, everyone. >> good evening. >> yes. my name is theo tyson with american art and culture here at the boston anthemnaem and it's my distinct pleasure to welcome you and our speaker, christina wolbrecht this evening. before we begin, i want you to please take note of the two emergency exits that are marked at the front and rear of the room. and if you w

political scientist christina wolbrecht analyzed the accuracy of assumptions about women's votes and whether they were right in the 2016 election. >> good evening, everyone. i think there's a few more people in here for a little more robust good evening. before we welcome our guests, good evening, everyone. >> good evening. >> yes. my name is theo tyson with american art and culture here at the boston anthemnaem and it's my distinct pleasure to welcome you and our speaker, christina wolbrecht this evening. before we begin, i want you to please take note of the two emergency exits that are marked at the front and rear of the room. and if you will also take a moment to please silence your cell phones so that we do not disrupt this fascinating talk. and while you're doing that, i would love to share with you an installation that i recently curated on our north wall entitled "anti-suffrage." using materials from the special collections, we take a look at how the suffrage movement contributed to redesigning women's roles and responsibilities in society from varied perspectives as they vie

please join me in offering an exceptionally warm welcome to christina wolbrecht. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is such an honor and a thrill to be here. this is literally what i thought academia was going to be like all the time. this is not what my office looks like, but in my dreams this is what my office looks like. this is actually the release day for "a century of votes for women" -- [applause] wolbrecht: and i'm really excited to be here talking to you today. it has been 100 years since the 19th amendment prohibited the denial of voting rights on the basis of sex. since that time, the question on everyone's mind, journalists, voters themselves, definitely politicians -- what would women voters do? what should we expect from women voters? what we see when we look over this 100 years are lots and lots of ideas about what women are going to do. how they will be impactful. what might impact their voting behavior. so the headlines from here, the petticoat one is from 1988. town to the 16 ways of looking at a female voter from 2008 and women may decide the e

christina wolbrecht, political scientist and author of "a century of votes for women: american elections since suffrage" discusses how politicians and the media have attempted to understand and define women as voters since the passage of the 19th amendment. she also analyzes the accuracy of assumptions about women voters in the 2016 election - the first to feature a female presidential candidate from a major party. the boston athenaeum hosted the event. >> good evening, everyone. there are a few more people in here for a more robust good evening -- before we welcome our guest. good evening, everyone? >> good evening. it is my distinct and sincere pleasure to welcome you and our