Celebrating women’s suffrage in Utah, with Katherine Kitterman, Rebekah Ryan Clark, and Neylan McBaine [MIPodcast #102]

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Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

February 14, 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of Utah women first exercising the right to vote, and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution being ratified, granting voting rights to many women in the United States—but not all of them. Women’s suffrage is a complicated and fascinating history about how women gained the vote, lost that right, and then fought to get it back again.

This episode features the authors of Thinking Women: A Timeline of Suffrage in Utah—Katherine Kitterman and Rebekah Ryan Clark. Neylan McBaine joins us as well. She’s CEO of Better Days 2020, a non-profit organization dedicated to popularizing Utah women’s history.

About the Guests

Katherine Kitterman is a PhD candidate in American History at American University in Washington, D.C., and the Historical Director for Better Days 2020 in Utah.

Rebekah Ryan Clark is the Historical Research Associate for Better Days 2020. She holds a law degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and attended Harvard Law School as a visiting student. She earned her bachelor’s degree in American history and literature from Harvard University.

Neylan McBaine is co-founder and CEO of Better Days 2020, which celebrates the 150th anniversary of women first voting in Utah and the centennial of the 19th Amendment through education, events and the arts. McBaine is also a member of the Maxwell Institute’s Advisory Board.

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0:00.0	It's the Maxwell Institute podcast.
0:15.3	I'm Blair Hodges.
0:17.1	February 14, 2020, marks the 150th anniversary of Utah women first exercising the right to vote.
0:23.9	And it's also the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution being ratified,
0:29.6	granting voting rights to many women in the United States.
0:32.5	But not all of them, as you'll soon see.
0:34.6	It's a complicated and fascinating history when so many women
0:38.0	gained the vote, lost that right, and then fought to get it back again. In this episode,
0:42.8	we're talking about a new book about this called Thinking Women, a timeline of suffrage in Utah.
0:48.2	We're joined by the book's authors, Catherine Kitterman and Rebecca Ryan Clark, along with
0:52.1	Maxwell Institute Advisory Board member Nyland
0:54.2	McBain. She's the CEO of Better Days 2020, a nonprofit organization dedicated to popularizing
1:00.3	Utah women's history. Questions and comments about this and other episodes of the Maxwell
1:04.6	Institute podcast can be sent to me, Blair Hodges, at MI Podcast at BYU.edu.
1:19.3	Today we're joined by Nyland McBain, Rebecca Ryan Clark, and Catherine Kiderman.
1:24.0	We're talking about a new book called Thinking Women, a timeline of suffrage in Utah. But the book itself is part of an initiative that Nylon McBain is the co-founder of,
1:29.7	Better Days 2020. Nylen, welcome to the Maxwell Institute podcast. Thanks for having me. Tell us a little
1:34.6	bit about Better Days 2020. So about three years ago, my co-founder, Mandy Grant and I,
1:39.1	recognized that this year 2020, and specifically February 14th, 2020, was going to be the 150th anniversary
1:46.7	of Utah being the first place that American women voted under equal suffrage laws in the
1:52.3	whole nation.
1:53.9	And we thought that that was kind of shocking because as Utahans, both transplants to Utah,
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