660: The 104th Anniversary of The 19th Amendment | Prof. Martha S Jones

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This Episode Originally Aired - August 25, 2020 Today's throwback episode Rachel hosts Professor Martha S Jones, author and researcher at Johns Hopkins, to talk about the history of the 19th Amendment, and how the stories we tell ourselves about our families and our histories shape the way we move through the world. It's an important conversation to have - especially in this moment when we're remembering the 104th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution. We hope you'll join Professor Jones and Rach as they dive into the legacy of Black suffragettes and the power each of us wield as guardians of our own stories. If you enjoyed this conversation you MUST go follow Professor Jones on Instagram: instagram.com/marthasjones/ AND order her book VANGUARD here -> https://bookshop.org/books/vanguard-how-black-women-broke-barriers-won-the-vote-and-insisted-on-equality-for-all/9781541618619 Remember listeners: your voice matters because YOU matter. You can check if you're registered to vote by searching your state online, or by clicking here -> https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/ 00:00 Welcome and Introduction 00:34 The 19th Amendment and Its Limitations 01:24 Introducing Professor Martha Jones 04:35 Professor Jones' Journey and Philosophy 07:02 The Importance of Family History 10:40 Challenges in Tracing Ancestry 19:28 Historical Context of Racism and Women's Roles 29:20 The Legacy of the 19th Amendment 30:57 Harriet Tubman: A Hidden History 32:32 The Power of Family History 33:08 Genealogy and Personal Identity 35:54 The 19th Amendment: A Complex Legacy 38:25 Voter Suppression and Systemic Racism 43:14 The Fight for Voting Rights 45:28 The Importance of Voting Today 52:11 Educating and Empowering Future Generations 53:25 Conclusion and Call to Action Have a question you want Rach to answer? An idea for a podcast episode?? Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelHollisMotivation/videos Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MsRachelHollis/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to another episode of the podcast. I'm so grateful that you could
0:07.6	join me and I have to tell you this is one of my favorite interviews I have done in a really long time.
0:15.0	Partially because I am a super history nerd and I love learning about any kind of history but also because I think this is an
0:24.8	incredibly important conversation to have especially right now. So let me
0:30.9	tell you where the idea for today's episode came from.
0:34.4	I am aware, like maybe most of you who are women in America,
0:39.2	that August marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
0:45.0	That was the amendment that gave women the right to vote in America.
0:50.0	Only it didn't totally.
0:52.0	So when I was a little girl, I was taught that there were the suffragettes like
0:58.3	Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Katie Stanton and they fought so hard and long and earned the right for every woman
1:06.3	to vote.
1:08.1	And what I understand now is that the 19th Amendment actually had some very specific wording
1:15.0	that didn't necessarily guarantee any woman the right to vote
1:19.0	and certainly alienated any woman who wasn't white.
1:24.6	And so my conversation today is with Professor Martha Jones.
1:30.0	Her work is something that I came across as I was studying this for myself between the articles
1:35.3	that she's written and her incredible books.
1:38.4	She has so much wisdom to share.
1:41.1	Professor Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and a
1:46.5	professor of history at the John Hopkins University. She is a legal and
1:51.7	cultural historian whose work examines how black Americans have shaped the history of American democracy.
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