now, christina wolbrecht. he is a professor political science, director of the ramy center for the study of american democracy, and director of the washington program at the university of notre dame. in addition to the book that you will discuss tonight, she is the author and coal author of counting women's talents, female voters from suffrage through the new deal and the politics of women. women's rights. physicians and change. as well as myriad articles on women as political rolemodels, the representation of women and party positions on education policy. how have american women voted in the first 100 years since the ratification of the 19th amendment? how have popular understandings of women as voters persisted and changed overtime? in a century of votes for women, our speaker tonight offers an unprecedented account of women voters in american politics over the last ten decades. please join me in offering an exceptionally warm welcome to christina wolbrecht. (applause) >> thank you so much. it's such an hono