Alycia

I asked - you answered! This week I am going to give you a run down of the history of political debates in American History. Did you know the first televised presidential debate was between two women and was 4 years before the infamous 1960 Kennedy / Nixon debates? Listen for this and much more on this week's listener requested episode of the history of debates.Sources Used This Episode:The Commission on Presidential Debates: Debate HistoryLINK: https://www.debates.org/debate-history/1960-debatesSeven Things You May Not Know about Presidential Debates by Christopher Klein, History.comLINK: https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-u-s-presidential-debatesHow Presidential Debates Work by Josh Clark & Melanie Radzicki McManus LINK: https://people.howstuffworks.com/debate1.htmPBS News Hour ExtraLINK: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/app/uploads/2015/12/HANDOUT-4-HISTORY-OF-DEBATES.pdfThe First Televised Presidential Debate, United States SentateLINK: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_First_Televised_Presidential_Debate.htm#:~:text=The%20typical%20answer%20to%20that,not%20appear%20in%20the%20debate.Campaign of 1960, The John F Kennedy Presidential Library & MuseumLINK: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/campaign-of-1960The Kennedy-Nixon Debates by History.com Editors, History.comhttps://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/kennedy-nixon-debatesThe League of Women Voters and Candidate Debates: A Changing RelationshipLINK: https://www.lwv.org/league-women-voters-and-candidate-debates-changing-relationshipThese Truths by Jill LeporeCelebrating Women on Face the Nation, CBS Face the NationLINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQRJNV_Rqc

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