She's History

Voter suppression isn’t new to America. In this episode, we talk to author and historian Liette Gidlow about tactics used to keep women, namely minority women, from casting a ballot after 1920 when the 19th Amendment finally passed. Some registrars got creative while others literally ran and hid.

We talk about how disenfranchisement within our country runs counter to the story of America expanding democracy around the world.

Liette Gidlow is the author of the book "The Big Vote: Gender, Consumer Culture, and the Politics of Exclusion, 1890s-1920s". She also has an essay in “Suffrage at 100”.

Happy Halloween! In this episode, author and Halloween expert Lisa Morton tells us about female horror writers of the late 1800s and early 1900s. She tells us about what inspires and influences her own writing. We chat about how spooky stories reflect our culture and current events. She also tells us about early seances and how mediums were big time celebrities.

Lisa is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the author of four novels and over 150 short stories, and a world-class Halloween expert!

Learn more about her work at lisamorton.com.

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In this episode, author and historian Holly Guise, tells us about Elizabeth Peratrovich.

Elizabeth Peratrovich was a civil rights activist who fought for equality for Alaska Natives.

Her story is like others who fought for change. In Alaska, Elizabeth and her husband Roy Peratrovich found discrimination, difficulty buying a house in certain neighborhoods, and signs banning Native Americans from entering businesses or public facilities. So they started to organize.

Elizabeth Peratrovich is credited with helping to pass Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States.

Holly Guise has an essay about Elizabeth Peratrovich in the book, Suffrage at 100.

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In this episode, author and historian Judy Wu, tells us about Patsy Mink.

Patsy Mink was an attorney and politician from the state of Hawaii. She was the first Asian-American woman and the first woman of color elected to Congress.

Patsy’s story is great because she didn’t give up when things were tough. She was a woman who really fought for change and worked on the both the federal and local levels. She also knew that even when you have legislation passed, you still need to make sure the laws are enforced, especially when it comes to equality.

Judy Wu is currently working on a book about Patsy Mink and has an essay about her in the recent book, Suffrage at 100.

In this episode, historian and author Stacie Taranto tells us about Ellen McCormack.

Ellen McCormack ran for president in 1976 as a Democrat with an exclusively pro-life platform. She was creating the single issue voter by being the single issue presidential candidate.

What’s interesting about stories like Ellen McCormack is that it shows the power of grass roots organizing and how running for president, even though you know you’re not going to win, is a great marketing tool.

In this episode, we learn about how Ellen and other New Deal Democratic women tried to change the Democratic Party but failed. Then they switched to the Republican Party and became a major voice

Stacie Taranto just recently released the book “Suffrage at 100: Women in American Politics since 1920”.

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In this episode of She’s History, historian Marjorie Spruill tells us about who Ruth Bader Ginsburg was, her accomplishments, her struggles to get a job in law, the cases she argued and won in front of the Supreme Court, how she became a justice on the Supreme Court, her famous dissents, and her lasting legacy.

We also talk about voting rights, how bias influences Supreme Court decisions, the role of the abortion issue in politics, and why this 2020 election is so important.

Marjorie Spruill is the author of the book “Divided We Stand”.

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Now we’re 100 years and a couple days into women having the right to vote and there’s still a lot of work to do in regards to gender equality. More than you’d think! We continue our conversation with historians Stacie Taranto and Leandra Zarnow about their new book "Suffrage at 100", a really great collection of essays from various writers about women in American politics since 1920.

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It’s August 26th, 2020 which is the 100 year anniversary of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution being formally adopted allowing women the right to vote.

Historians Stacie Taranto and Leandra Zarnow tell us about their new book "Suffrage at 100", which is a really great collection of essays from various writers about women in American politics since 1920.

We talk about systemic sexism and racism in the American political system and how there has been progress, but it hasn't been easy. We talk about how women worked with what they had. A lot of this book really helps to understand the struggle for women in politics, how we got here to 2020, and learnings for the future.

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As we celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the last state to ratify for the 19th amendment declaring for the first time that all American women, like men, deserve the right to vote, we hear the story of how Phyllis Schlafly threw a gala to celebrate her role in helping to stop states from ratifying another amendment, the Equal Rights Amendment.

In this podcast, we talk about how Phyllis Schlafly celebrated the death of the ERA and how some feminist leadership wouldn't recognize that Schlafly and other conservative women built this grassroots movement on their own. Never underestimate your opponent.

Marjorie Spruill, historian and author of the book “Divided We Stand”, tells us about the history around the last episode of the Mrs. America series titled "Reagan".

*Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the "Mrs. America" limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the last episode of the series is a good companion piece for this podcast episode.

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Marjorie Spruill, historian and author of the book “Divided we stand”, tells us about the 1977 Houston Women's Conference and how it was an amazing celebration of American women as well as a tool for furthering a growing divide.

This event really did pave the way for the extreme partisan politics we see today.

*Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the "Mrs. America" limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the 8th episode of the series is a good companion piece for this podcast episode.

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