#108 Robyn Muncy: The Women’s Vote: The 19th Amendment

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🗓️ 17 May 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Robyn Muncy: The Women’s Vote: The 19th Amendment

Art of Living series, Smithsonian Associates

When the 19th Amendment was ratified on Aug. 26, 1920, the status of many American women didn’t change much. For one thing, women in many states had full voting rights well before the federal amendment passed. For another, many American Indian and Asian immigrant women remained disenfranchised because they were denied citizenship. African American women in the South were still subject to voter-suppression laws. And because women did not vote as a bloc, their influence didn’t sway many elections.

However, the amendment quickly allowed millions of women to register to vote. The National American Woman Suffrage Association became the League of Women Voters. Male elected officials hoped to appeal to this new voting population. And reform-minded women made their social priorities known by advocating for their issues in the public sphere. This had a huge impact on the national agenda, including child welfare, women’s health, access to education, divorce and inheritance equality, labor reform, and more.

Historian Robyn Muncy outlines the amendment’s tumultuous history and impact, and how American women of the 1920s “changed the meaning of womanhood.”

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Notol Better Show, I'm your host, Paul Vocal-Sang.
0:08.0	As part of our Smithsonian Associates Partnership Program, our guest today, Robin Muncie, is an expert on the 19th Amendment.
0:15.2	The 19th Amendment was the one that said that no state could deny the vote on the basis of
0:19.6	sex, and we're going to look at what that meant in the short term in the 1920s in
0:25.2	particular. That of course is our guest today Robin Muncie who will be
0:29.0	appearing at the Smithsonian Associates program June 7th, 2017 in Washington, D.C. at the Ripley Center.
0:37.2	Robin will be presenting on the subject, The Women's Vote, the 19th Amendment, and
0:41.8	its aftermath. This is part of the Smithsonian Associates daring
0:45.9	to be modern programming. Robin maintains that, as women gained the vote in the states, they began
0:51.9	changing the very meaning of what it was to be a woman.
0:56.0	In quotes, Robin says, women were changing the meaning of womanhood.
1:02.1	They're changing the meaning of
1:03.7	Democratic citizenship for women. That is no small thing.
1:08.6	Robin Muncie is a fascinating guest and I'm certain you'll love this interview.
1:13.0	I learned a great deal from Robin,
1:15.0	who's a full professor in the Department of History at the University of Maryland.
1:18.0	Robin is a talented presenter.
1:21.0	You're going to want to see this program
1:22.0	and Robin has been featured on
1:23.3	CNN, PBS, C-SPAN, and has done film work.
1:27.2	Please join me in welcoming Robin Muncie to the Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates
1:32.4	Art of Living Series. not old better show Smithsonian Associates are the living series.
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