Podcasts about woman suffrage movement

Lucy Stone is sometimes written about as the person who should be mentioned alongside Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony. She lived an incredibly unique life for a woman of her time and station.   Research: Michals, Debra “Lucy Stone.” National Women's History Museum. 2017. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lucy-stone Million, Joelle. “Woman's Voice, Woman's Place: Lucy Stone and the Birth of the Woman's Rights Movement.” Praeger. 2003. Kerr, Andrea Moore. “Lucy Stone: Speaking Out for Equality.” Rutgers University Press. 1992. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780813518602/page/n323/mode/2up Blackwell, Henry B. “What the South can do. How the Southern states can make themselves masters of the situation. To the legislatures of the Southern states.” New York. Robert J. Johnston, printer. January 15, 1867. Library of Congress: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/rbc/rbpe/rbpe12/rbpe127/12701100/12701100.pdf Tucker, Neely. “Stone/Blackwell Marriage: To Love And Honor, But Not ‘Obey.'” Library of Congress Blog. May 5, 2020. https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/05/stone-blackwell-marriage-to-love-and-honor-but-not-obey/ com Editors. “Lucy Stone.” Biography. Com. Nov. 23, 2021. https://www.biography.com/activists/lucy-stone Smith, Bonnie Hurd. “Lucy Stone.” Boston Women's Heritage Trail. https://bwht.org/lucy-stone/ “Lucy Stone.” National Women's Hall of Fame. https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/lucy-stone/ “Garrisonians.” Vermont Christian Messenger. Jan. 30, 1850. https://www.newspapers.com/image/490750662/?terms=%22Lucy%20Stone%22&match=1 Hays, Elinor. “Morning Star.” New York. Harcourt, Brace & World. 1961. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/morningstar00hays/page/n7/mode/2up Lang, Allison. “The 14th and 15th Amendments.” National Women's History Museum. Fall 2015. https://www.crusadeforthevote.org/14-15-amendments/ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Lucy Stone". Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lucy-Stone Wheeler, Marjoeiw Spruill. “New Women of the New South: The Leaders of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the Southern States.” Oxford University Press. 1993. McMillen, Sally Gregory. “Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life.” Oxford University Press. 2015. “Love and Protest in a Marriage.” Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/women-fight-for-the-vote/about-this-exhibition/seneca-falls-and-building-a-movement-1776-1890/family-friends-and-the-personal-side-of-the-movement/love-and-protest-in-a-suffrage-marriage/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Woman and the Republic A Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates

In which we are joined by long-time background guest and feminist extraordinaire, Camille Houle-Eichel, to talk about the early suffrage movements that emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries! We talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of those movements, stopping just short of the actual achievement of provincial or federal suffrage. ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). ---Sources/Further Reading: Cleverdon, Catherine. The Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada, University of Toronto Press, 1950. Crawford, Isabella Valancy. “Malcolm's Katie”. "Old Spookses' Pass," "Malcolm's Katie" and other Poems, Toronto: James Bain and Son, 1884. McClung, Nellie. “Speaking to Women”. Canadian Literature in English: Texts and Contexts. Vol 1. Ed. Cynthia Suggars and Laura Moss. Toronto: Pearson, 2009, pp. 533–39  Dorland, Michael, and Maurice R. Charland, “'Impious Civility': Woman's Suffrage and the Refiguration of Civil Culture, 1885-1929,” Law, Rhetoric and Irony in the Formation of Canadian Civil Culture, 2002. Strong-Boag, Veronica. “Women's suffrage movement.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.   

Today on Long Island Tea, it's March and we are celebrating Women's History Month and International Women's Day on the 8th. The ladies chat with with Antonia Petrash, author of Long Island and the Women's Suffrage Movement, who shares some great insight into how Long Island played an extremely important role in granting women the right to vote. You can read these amazing stories of these brave women in Antonia's book. And follow our social media for a chance to win a copy! Speaking of Women's month, according to recent data, New York was ranked as the second best place in the US for women to live. (Vermont was first). But we think it's the best! Kristen and Sharon also talk about frozen veggies possibly being healthier than fresh, Entenmann's with it's Long Isalnd based roots, National Working Moms day, as always spilling lots of CelebriTEA!Check out Kristen and Sharon on their new podcast, C Suite Tea. The first episode airs tomorrow, so tune in!#LONGISLANDLIFE:Get Long Island and the Woman Suffrage Movement by Antonia Petrash on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Long-Island-Woman-Suffrage-Movement/dp/1609497686Antonia's Blog:https://longislandwomansuffrage.com/LONG ISLAND EVENTS:3/8: Babes in Business Long Island- International Women's Day Networking event, Plainview3/8: Women's Day Wine Pairing with For Goodness Cakes at Bedell Cellars3/11: Landmark Theater: Lightwire Theater's The Ugly Duckling3/11: 2023 Bay Shore Brightwaters St. Patrick's Day Parade3/11: Ghost Hunting at the Rogers Mansion /Southampton History Museum3/11: St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt at Suffolk County Farm3/11: Smithtown Historical Society - Irish Luck on the farm/Celebration of Irish Culture, Petting Zoo, Step-Dancing Performances, music and more!3/11: Westhampton Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade3/11: Breakfast with Princesses at The Mansion at Glen Cove3/12: DJ Chef at The Chocolate Expo at Hofstra University3/12: A Taste of Ireland: Luck Be a Lassie Tonight - CM Performing Arts3/12: St Patrick's Day Weekend Bar Crawl Patchogue3/12: Farmingdale's 9th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade3/12: The 89th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Huntington3/12: Connetquot River State Park: Holi Art/Hindu Festival Celebrated for GenerationsASK US ANYTHING!DM us on Instagram or email us at spillthetea@discoverlongisland.com. Tell us what you want to hear! Whether it is Long Island related or not, the ladies are here to spill some tea with you!TAG US!@DiscoverLongIsland and @LongIslandTeaPodcast and join the conversation!WINE OF THE WEEK: Del Vino Vineyards 2020 Grande: Super Tuscan: This proprietary blend offers an intense wine, with bold aromas & notes of blackberry, currant & mochaLong Island Tea is sponsored by Long Island Wine Country. Visit https://liwines.com/TEA TIME:Check out our Amazon Affiliate link:www.amazon.com/shop/discoverlongislandWATCH US:And SUBSCRIBE on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/DiscoverLongIslandNYFOLLOW US:Follow The Long Island Tea podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @LongIslandTeaPodcastWRITE TO US:Email spillthetea@discoverlongisland.com if you are interested in collaborating with us, need some "uncorked advice"or if you just want to say “How you doin?”RATE AND REVIEW US:Be sure to leave us a 5 star rating and review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/long-island-tea/id1538642018WEAR US:Shop Long Island gear at https://shop.discoverlongisland.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They were women and they fought for the right to vote. Beyond that, every person documented in the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States has a different story to tell. Dr. Thomas Dublin and a crowdsourced team of volunteers have worked diligently to collect those stories. The Dictionary, a free online resource, is a searchable database of biographical sketches telling the life story of three groups of women: Black women suffragists - many of whom migrated out of the South to find more opportunities yet were not always embraced by the wider suffrage movement. Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) - the mainstream organization of the movement with thousands of members working across every state. Members of the National Womans Party (NWP) - formed by women impatient with the strategies and pace of change under NAWSA. Dr. Dublin describes what it took to pull this database of materials together. A network of volunteers including historians, librarians, genealogists, and students combed through local newspapers, public records, and various primary and secondary sources. What emerged was a series of biographies that document the many faces of women in the movement in the late 19th and early 20th century. Further Research Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States Find a Grave Chronicling America NYS Historic Newspapers African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920. Bloomington: by by Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (Find in a Library via WorldCat) The History of Woman Suffrage (vol 6)

Episode 47:This week we're continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis.The full book is available online here:https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis[Part 1 - 2]1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD[Part 3]2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS[Part 4 - 5]3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN'S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (first half)[Part 6]4. RACISM IN THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT[Part 7]5. THE MEANING OF EMANCIPATION ACCORDING TO BLACK WOMEN[Part 8]6. EDUCATION AND LIBERATION: BLACK WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE[Part 9]7. WOMAN SUFFRAGE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY: THE RISING INFLUENCE OF RACISM[Part 10]8. BLACK WOMEN AND THE CLUB MOVEMENT[Part 11 - This week]9. WORKING WOMEN, BLACK WOMEN AND THE HISTORY OF THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENTReading - 00:24Discussion - 23:43[Part 12 - 13]10. COMMUNIST WOMEN[Part 14 - 15]11. RAPE, RACISM AND THE MYTH OF THE BLACK RAPIST[Part 16 - 17]12. RACISM, BIRTH CONTROL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS[Part 18-19]13. THE APPROACHING OBSOLESCENCE OF HOUSEWORK: A WORKING-CLASS PERSPECTIVEFootnotes:1) 00:59Baxandall et al., op. cit., p. 83.2) 01:13Ibid.3) 02:02Wertheimer, op. cit., p. 161.4) 02:10Ibid.5) 02:50Philip S. Foner, Organized Labor and the Black Worker 1619–1973 (New York: InternationalPublishers, 1973), p. 34 (note).6) 03:14Ibid.7) 04:17“The Ballot-Bread, Virtue, Power,” Revolution, January 8, 1868. Quoted in William L. O'Neill, Everyone Was Brave: The Rise and Fall of Feminism in America (Chicago: Quadrangle, 1971), p. 19.8) 05:20Wertheimer, op. cit., p. 166; p. 167.9) 06:21“Proceedings, National Labor Union, August 1869,” Workingman's Advocate Vol. VI, No. 5 (September 4, 1869). Quoted in Baxandall et al., op. cit., pp. 109–114.10) 06:42Ibid., p. 113.11) 07:18O'Neill, Everyone was Brave, p. 20.12) 08:19Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, Vol. 2 (Indianapolis, 1898). Quoted in Miriam Schneir, Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings (New York: Vintage Books, 1972), pp. 139–140.13) 08:46Schneir, op. cit., pp. 138–142.14) 09:46“Proceedings, National Labor Union, ...” Quoted in Baxandall et al., op. cit., p. 111.15) 10:08“Susan B. Anthony's Constitutional Argument” (1873). Quoted in Kraditor, Up From the Pedestal, op. cit., p. 249.16) 10:45Ibid.17) 13:13Harper, History of Woman Suffrage, Vol. 5, p. 352.18) 14:41Lerner, Black Women in White America, p. 446.19) 15:08Ibid.20) 15:26Ibid.21) 16:19Kraditor, The Ideas of the Woman Suffrage Movement, p. 169.22) 17:03W. E. B. DuBois, A.B.C. of Color (New York: International Publishers, 1963), p. 56.23) 17:22Ibid., p. 57.24) 17:43Ibid., p. 58.25) 18:22Kraditor, The Ideas of the Woman Suffrage Movement, p. 168.26) 19:12Editorial, The Crisis, IV (September, 1912), 234. Quoted in Aptheker, A Documentary History, Vol. 1, p. 56.27) 19:38Ibid., pp. 56–57.28) 19:49The Crisis, X (August, 1915), 178–192. Quoted in Aptheker, A Documentary History, Vol. 1, pp. 94–116.29) 21:21Ibid., pp. 108ff.30) 22:15Ibid., p. 104.31) 23:31Ibid., pp. 314–315.

This week Alice and Kim preview 21 of their most-anticipated new books from the first half of 2021. Plus, they discuss reading plans for the year and some of the best-reviewed books of 2020. Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. Nonfiction in the News “The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2020 [LitHub] Most Anticipated Nonfiction of the First Half of 2021 White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind by Koa Beck The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ta-Nehisi Coates Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty by Maurice Chammah Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Costs of America’s Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal by Mark Bittman Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload by Cal Newport A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America by Kate Washington Night Rooms: Essays by Gina Nutt The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans–and How We Can Fix It by Dorothy A. Brown Every Day Is a Gift by Sen. Tammy Duckworth Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet by Chelsea Wald Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson Persist by Elizabeth Warren White Magic by Elissa Washuta African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion by Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell Reading Now Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May  New Women of the New South: The Leaders of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the Southern States by Marjorie Spruill Wheeler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which legally ended the use of sex a qualification for the right to vote. In this episode, Corrine McConnaughy takes listeners back in time to what gave the movement legs, explaining how "coalition politics" were the lynchpin women securing the right to vote. She also discusses some well-known suffrage figures, highlighting how often they are mythologized. Instead, she advocates for the recognition of the movement as a collective force. McConnaughy is a research scholar and lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. She studies how political identities–from party identification to race, gender, and ethnicity–are formed and function in the American political system. She's the author of a book on the politics of women's voting rights: “The Woman Suffrage Movement in America: A Reassessment."

August marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which legally ended the use of sex a qualification for the right to vote. In this episode, Corrine McConnaughy takes listeners back in time to what gave the movement legs, explaining how "coalition politics" were the lynchpin women securing the right to vote. She also discusses some well-known suffrage figures, highlighting how often they are mythologized. Instead, she advocates for the recognition of the movement as a collective force. McConnaughy is a research scholar and lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. She studies how political identities–from party identification to race, gender, and ethnicity–are formed and function in the American political system. She’s the author of a book on the politics of women’s voting rights: “The Woman Suffrage Movement in America: A Reassessment."

Author Barbara F. Berenson joins us this week to discuss her book Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement: Revolutionary Reformers. She’s also the author of Boston in the Civil War: Hub of the Second Revolution, and Walking Tours of Civil War Boston: Hub of Abolitionism. In the interview, she tells us about the critical roles that Massachusetts women played in the fight for women’s right to vote and step fully into the public sphere. Full show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/168 Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory

I've always love to learn about how leaders of different generations are formed and their background stories. What I have found in common in all of them is that none of these timeless leaders is remembered because of their title or social status.  Look at anyone who is widely considered an inspirational figure, for example, Dr Martin Luthur King Jr, Mohammad Gandhi or Mother Theresa. Do we even remember their official title? We get inspired by them for what they believe and what they did about it.  Think about the Woman Suffrage Movement, pioneers such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton who essentially started the women’s movement in 1848, they did not live long enough to see the legal right for women to vote in 1920. Yet, they paved the way of what is to come as one of the most significant milestone in achieving women equality. They did what they did because they felt the call to do the right thing. They believed women have the right to vote and should be treated more equally. They didn’t know for sure if they were to succeed, in fact, the odds were completely against them. But they did it anyway.  This is in alignment with what Dr Martin Luther King Jr. believed, he said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." Why? Because they believe with their heart, not with their head. There are no apparent reasons why they should think they would or could succeed. But that thinking didn’t deter them, not at all. We used our mind to form strategies, create plans and execute moves. But without the heart and deep belief in something that is truly important, none of the strategy, plan or move will lead us to the long road to victory.  About 250,000 people showed up on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to listen to Dr Martin Luther King Junior’s speech at the March for Jobs and Freedom. He began with these words “I have a dream ...”. Not “I have a plan”. A true leader is not necessarily someone who holds a high position in a business or an organization. It is  someone who can inspire others and mobilize them to follow with actions.  As Simon Sinek said, “A boss has the title, a leader has the people.” In order to mobilize people, we must first connect with others’ heart and emotions. This is not about the use of an effective strategy. It is about thinking about who we really are. We are emotional beings that are capable of empathy and love. When we have something truly sincere and important to communicate, people in the receiving end can feel it. Some may try to manipulate and script the right words to say, but at a deeper level, most of us can sense what is real and what is fake or what is fear masking as protectionism.  True leadership is about who you are and why you do what you do.  We all can be leaders in our lives, whether it is at work, at home, in our tribe or community. None of that matters, we must listen to what our hearts call us to do. And that’s the ultimate way to understand and fulfil our life purpose.  Leadership is a quality that emerges from your life experience, essentially through trial and error, growth and losses. It is not something you can get to wear a badge once you reach a certain level of success. Wealth and success alone cannot attain leadership, they may provide some circumstances for it to develop but ultimately it requires a deeper understanding of who you are and what you believe. And here comes the saying “You are the captain of your ship”, as you are the leader of your life. It is all in your power to become who you want to be.  If true leadership is something you would like to develop, then make sure you have a clear sight of what you believe, rather than chasing blindly after a title or status quo.  “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a moulder of consensus.” another great quote by Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Now,

Who was the first woman to hold federal office? Did you know that she held office before the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was even passed? In today's 10 minutes, we meet Jeannette Rankin, the republican House Representative who was the first woman to be elected to federal office in 1916. We also explore the Woman Suffrage Movement, and Jeannette's involvement. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/history-in-ten/support

The fight for women’s right to vote came down to a final political battle that took place in Nashville. Host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) interviews Dr. Carole Bucy, the Davidson County Historian and professor of Tennessee history at Vol State Community College, about that dramatic struggle in the summer of 1920 over the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which recognized women’s right to vote. (Segment begins at 04:40) Pictured at Nashville’s Hermitage Hotel in August 1920 are (left to right):Mrs. James S. Pinckard, president-general of the Southern Women’s League for the Rejection of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment; a Confederate veteran who (according to a hand-written caption on the photo) “‘fought and bled’ for Tennessee’s states rights”; and Josephine A. Pearson, president of the Tennessee Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. (Image: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Josephine A. Pearson Papers) This editorial cartoon, titled “Lest We Forget,” appeared in the Los Angeles Examiner on Aug. 21, 1920. It is one of many from the newspaper clippings collection of Carrie Chapman Catt, then president of the National Woman Suffrage Association. The Southern-gentlemen stereotype was used in many cartoons of the time to represent Tennessee. (Image: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Carrie Chapman Catt Papers) Also in Episode 02, Tom Henderson talks about his personal recording of the April 1975 15WLAC radio show in which deejays Wolfman Jack and Spiderman Harrison ushered a programming change from rythm and blues and soul to full-time rock ‘n’ roll. Hear audio excerpts from the pivotal show, including appearances by Muhammad Ali, Oprah Winfrey and deejay Hoss Allen. (Segment begins at 26:50.) Nationally-syndicated deejay Wolfman Jack (right) and WLAC deejay Spiderman Harrison co-hosted the occasion, at which hundreds of people gathered at the Nashville radio station’s studio. (Image: Bill Massey) Audio of the pivotal 15WLAC radio show was captured on reel-to-reel tape by Tom Henderson. Pictured are the tape and his index cards with notes. And finally, Allen Forkum reviews some of the stories in the May 2018 issue of The Nashville Retrospect, including: Minnie Pearl's opinion of “new” country music (1986); Michael Jordan's baseball games at Greer Stadium (1994); photos of prom preparations at local high schools (1966); a shift in black votes away from the Republican party (1907); and a "fearful tornado" (1868). (Segment begins at 01:30.)   SHOW NOTES A list of stories relating to this episode contained in back issues of The Nashville Retrospect (back issue can be ordered by clicking here): • “Suffrage Amendment Adopted By House,” Nashville Tennessean, Aug. 19, 1920 (The Nashville Retrospect, August 2010) • “Battle Began For Suffrage Many Years Ago,” Nashville Tennessean, Aug. 19, 1920 (The Nashville Retrospect, August 2010) • See the May 2018 issue of The Nashville Retrospect for other stories referenced in this episode, including the 15WLAC story.   Other related articles: "Wolfman Straightens Square," Nashville Banner, April 29, 1978 "'Hoss' Plays It Like They Want To Hear It," Nashville Tennessean, "Young World" supplement, Oct. 27, 1968   Links relating to this episode: “Woman Suffrage Movement” article in the Tennessee Encyclopedia "Women's Suffrage" at the Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee Woman Suffrage Centennial Collaborative Books by or containing articles by Dr. Carole Bucy Tennessee Suffrage Monument Ryman Auditorium timeline Hermitage Hotel Books by Tom Henderson WLAC history webpage 1510 WLAC Talk Radio Hippie Radio 94.5   Music : “Near You” by Francis Craig and His Orchestra (Bullet, 1947); “Quiet Outro” by ROZKOL (2018); “Covered Wagon Days” by Ted Weems and His Orchestra; and “The Buffalo Rag” by Vess L. Ossman

We’re living through an upheaval. The #MeToo moment has engulfed some of the most powerful men in politics, entertainment, and media. It has also forced a national reckoning with the reality of America’s sexual and workplace cultures — how often they permitted harassment and assault to flourish, how routinely they protected perpetrators and blamed victims. But why is it happening now? And will it continue or be swept away in backlash?  Rebecca Traister is a writer-at-large at New York magazine, as well as the author of Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women. And she’s one of the most essential writers to read on the intersection of gender and politics.  In this conversation, Traister traces this moment back to Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas — a “turning point” that changed American politics. We talk about Bill Clinton’s complex legacy, and Traister’s view that there would be no #MeToo moment without Trump. We talk about why the Weinstein allegations were able to set off such a chain reaction — and also how this is a more fragile movement than many realize, and the various ways in which Traister fears it could collapse.  Books: Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas by Jill Abramson and Jane Meyer Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper One Woman One Vote: Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement ed. Marjorie Spruill Wheeler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(February 28, 2013)This talk by 2012 - 2013 William H. Helfand Visual Culture Fellow Allison Lange discussed how images became powerful political tools for suffragists and their opponents, and the ways in which reformers used pictures to transform conceptions of gender and reimagine womanhood during the nineteenth century.Audio Download (MP3)