Welcome to the Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates Interview Series on Radio and Podcast.

I'm Paul Vogelzang and as part of our Smithsonian Associates Women's History Month series

we have an excellent program about women's fight for equality how women use the vote

in the United States and the diverse struggle of women's rights in the U.S.

Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate Journalist, Historian and Activist Elizabeth Griffith

who has written the new book, Formatable American Women and the Fight for Equality 1920 to 2020.

Thank you so much for listening today we have got a great guest today for women's history

month with Smithsonian Associate Author Elizabeth Griffith who is a journalist activist historian

and author and who after reading a new book, Formatable American Women and the Fight for

Equality I have been looking forward to speaking with her for a while I'll introduce her

in just a moment but quickly if you missed any episodes last week was our 700 first episode

when I spoke to science writer Lizzie Stark about her new book egg.

Two weeks ago I spoke with returning guests Smithsonian Associate Journalist fan favorite

here on the program and author Rebecca Boggs Roberts who has written the new book Untold

Power, The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson excellent subjects

for our not old better show audience especially during women's history month if you missed

those shows along with any others you can go back and check them out along with my entire

back catalog of shows all free for you there on our website not old dashbedter.com

For what Susan B. Anthony called the long hard fight the 19th Amendment in franchising

26 million white and black women was added to the Constitution on August 26th 1920 however

according to our guest today Smithsonian Associate Elizabeth Griffith the 19th Amendment was

an incomplete victory.

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