I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president, CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome

to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.

As the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment approaches on August 26th, I was recently joined by historians Martha Jones and Lisa Tatro for a superb conversation exploring the history and legacy of the 19th Amendment.

The discussion highlighted the untold stories of women from all background who fought for women's

suffrage and equality from all.

It was so great that we shared it on our companion podcast live at the National

Constitution Center where you can hear more of our town hall programs and I wanted to share it with

you dear We The People listeners as well.

We'll be back next week with a new episode of We the People.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Lisa Tetrro, I have to thank you for your great advice with the National Constitution

Centers new exhibit on the 19th Amendment, how women won the vote.

It's in that beautiful building, which is on the backdrop behind me.

We're going to open on August 26 which is the actual 100th anniversary of

women's suffrage. Today of course we're talking to our friends on August 6th the

100th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 or rather the day of the

anniversary. You in your great book about Seneca Falls, the myth of Seneca Falls,

memory and the women's suffrage movement, argue that Seneca Falls was not the beginning of the women's suffrage movement, which in fact began far earlier.

Tell us about the origin story of the fight for women's suffrage.

I think the first point there, Jeffrey, is that there is no single fight.

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