Youtube: https://youtu.be/MzAPi74msfg Megan Kamerick leads discussion with Martha Burk, Sylvia Ramos Cruz, Pamelya Herndon, and Meredith Machen
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See Zoom discussion on NM’s suffrage movement, the roles of long-term US Senator T. B. Catron (R-NM) in opposing women’s voting rights and US Senator A.A. Jones (D-NM) in promoting the suffrage amendment first introduced in 1878, women’s rights, equal representation, the ERA, and more.
Please see Sunday’s article in ABQ Journal about "The Vote" program airing on NM PBS tomorrow and Tuesday https://abqjournal-nm.newsmemory.com/?publink=1ae78b9cc_1343725
The American Experience on PBS
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/vote/
Monday, July 6, 08:00 pm - Part One - KNME-HD 5.1
Tuesday, July 7, 08:00 pm - Part Two - KNME-HD 5.1
Repeats
Wednesday, July 8, 03:00 am - Part One - KNME-HD 5.1
Thursday, July 9, 03:00 am - Part Two - KNME-HD 5.1
Discussion is also on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/nminfocus/videos/2708751162781308
One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, THE VOTE tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote — a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. In its final decade, from 1909 to 1920, movement leaders wrestled with contentious questions about the most effective methods for affecting social change. They debated the use of militant, even violent tactics, as well as hunger strikes and relentless public protests. The battle for the vote also upended previously accepted ideas about the proper role of women in American society and challenged the definitions of citizenship and democracy.
Exploring how and why millions of 20th-century Americans mobilized for — and against — women’s suffrage, The Vote brings to life the unsung leaders of the movement and the deep controversies over gender roles and race that divided Americans then — and continue to dominate political discourse today.
Help us spread the word and celebrate the suffrage centennial.
Stay tuned for events related to Women’s Equality Day, August 26, 2020.
Meredith Machen
League of Women Voters of New Mexico
Empowering Voters - Defending Democracy