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01, noon-1pm is viewing of excerpt of The Vote and 1-2pm is Discussion
American Experience The Vote Screening and Discussion
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Watch “American Experience: The Vote” program, and then Megan Kamerick will lead a conversation about the women’s suffrage history in NM.
About this Event
As a tie-in to the National PBS Program, “American Experience: The Vote, ” New Mexico PBS is producing a short-run podcast series on the women’s suffrage movement in New Mexico. Our state offers an unusual opportunity to present stories of the vote because of our history as a Western frontier state, but also one that had an existing political structure and culture long before it became part of the United states. Women’s clubs, made up mostly of Anglo Protestant women, began to organize around suffrage in New Mexico in the 1890s. But those early efforts did not include women who were of Native American or Mexican American ancestry. And yet, it was Hispanic women who would prove crucial in getting the 19th Amendment passed in New Mexico.
In this event, we will show segments of the “American Experience: The Vote” program, and then Megan Kamerick will lead a conversation about the women’s suffrage history in New Mexico which will give attendees a taste of the podcast series.
Panelists:
Sylvia Ramos Cruz, M.D.- Women’s Suffrage Historian
Martha Burk-Political Psychologist, Author of “Your Voice, Your Vote”
Pamelya Herndon- Lawyer and CEO of the KWH Law Center for Social Justice and Change
Dr. Meredith R. Machen, Director and Chair of Education, Immigration, and History Committees, League of Women Voters of New Mexico
**The podcast “The Vote in New Mexico” debuts on Tuesday, June 30th. Subsequent episodes will also release on Tuesdays. Listeners can subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also find them on the New Mexico PBS website, at nmpbs.org.
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https://www.newmexicopbs.org/new-mexico-and-the-vote-podcast/
Meredith Machen
League of Women Voters of New Mexico
Empowering Voters - Defending Democracy