When the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, a large number of Native American women still could not vote. The U.S. government did not recognize them as citizens. And if having U.S. citizenship required them to renounce tribal sovereignty, man

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Bonus: "Freedom Summer" from Scene on Radio

Apr 28th, 2021 1h 10m

In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi to place themselves in the path of white supremacist power and violence. They issued a bold pro-democracy challenge to the nation and the Dem

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Bonus: "The Creative Team Behind Amended" from Amended in Action

Apr 21st, 2021 15m

This bonus episode takes listeners behind-the-scenes of Amended. “Amended in Action” is a radio series hosted by Michael Riecke that expands on the themes of Amended and amplifies contemporary women’s voices. Michael’s a reporter for WRVO and a

Episode 5: The Submerged Half

Feb 10th, 2021 40m 40s

In 1912, Mabel Lee, a teenaged immigrant from China, led a New York City suffrage parade on horseback. Ineligible for U.S. citizenship due to anti-Chinese immigration policy, Mabel nonetheless spoke out for American women’s political equality.

Episode 4: Embers and Activism

Dec 23rd, 2020 44m 50s

On March 25, 1911, a fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, claiming the lives of 146 workers. Most of the victims were young immigrant women from Eastern and Southern Europe. In the wake of the fire, a group of wo

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Bonus: “Civic Action: Voting, Part 1” from Civics 101

Sep 23rd, 2020 26m 52s

Suffragists fought hard for the vote. They also knew that gaining access to the ballot was not the end of the struggle for political representation. This week Amended host Laura Free introduces a special episode from Civics 101, a podcast about

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Bonus: “Truth Is of No Color” from And Nothing Less

Sep 16th, 2020 35m 14s

The scope of women’s political history is so vast that it can’t be covered by one podcast. This week Amended host Laura Free introduces a special episode from And Nothing Less, a seven-part series from the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission

Episode 3: Of Rights and Wrongs

Sep 9th, 2020 39m 57s

After the Civil War, many abolitionists and women's rights activists saw an opportunity to team up and advance equality for all. African American author and orator Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was hopeful, too. But she also knew that politics

Episode 2: Any Woman

Sep 2nd, 2020 42m 28s

The right to vote was only one of many demands that women made prior to the Civil War. Zooming in on another priority, the right to bodily autonomy, changes our understanding of who was at the forefront of the struggle for women’s rights.Host

Episode 1: Myths and Sentiments

Aug 26th, 2020 37m 58s

How do we tell the story of the (unfinished) struggle for women’s voting rights? Who gave us the dominant suffrage narrative? And who gets left out? Our host is Laura Free, a historian of women and politics. She reflects on the suffrage story

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Introducing: Amended

Jul 30th, 2020 2m 48s

Amended, a podcast series from Humanities New York, travels from the 1800's to the present day to show us a quest for women’s full equality that has always been as diverse, complex and unfinished as the nation itself. Learn more at amendedpodca