Counting Women's Ballots provides a comprehensive account of how women voted in presidential elections immediately after suffrage.
J. Kevin Corder is a Professor of Political Science at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. His research has appeared in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics and other outlets in political science and public administration. Much of his work focuses on economic policy, and he is the author of two books on the Federal Reserve System. In 2013, Corder received a Fulbright-Schuman European Affairs program grant to study the regulation of banks in Malta and the United Kingdom. Corder shared the Carrie Chapman Catt prize with Christina Wolbrecht for the research design that inspired Counting Women's Ballots.
1. Counting women's ballots; 2. Before suffrage; 3. What we already know; 4. Estimating women's turnout and vote choice; 5. Female voters and the republican landslide of 1920; 6. Female voters, republican majorities, and the progressive surge in 1924; 7. Female voters and the 'rum and religion' election of 1928; 8. Female voters and the emerging democratic majority, 1932-6; 9. Female voters from suffrage through the new deal and beyond.