Palacios, Austin Miles2016-10-202016-10-202016-07https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2034738 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Sociology and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, Summer 2016.In the United States, women's suffrage was passed into law with the 19111 amendment in 1920. This amendment served as a progressive step toward sex equity in the U.S. Women had the right to vote and, coming off of some of the most oppressive times for women with the fall of the family farm and rise of the domestic house wife, had more opportunities comparable to the most successful person in society. Conversely voting engagement levels and equity were still low. We began to see a steady incline but not until the 1980 election was there a significant increase in the way women voted. It seemed that progress toward sex equity was on its way in the U.S., yet how does someone measure such a concept? Looking toward voting records, I venture to discover how women's engagement compared to men's, as well as factors of geographical location and age, may indicate progress toward sex equity. A comparison of the 1980 and 2004 presidential elections provides an opportunity for observing progress and can provide expectations for the future.en-USCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USSocio-political progressSex equityMaleGenderVoting recordsEqualityDemocratic processElectionsFemaleThesis / Dissertation