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We the People

Women Constitutional Visionaries

We the People

National Constitution Center

News, News Commentary, History

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🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In honor of Women’s History Month, this week we highlight women constitutional visionaries from landmark eras in our nation’s history—sharing the legendary contributions of women to the founding; the fight for abolition, the right to vote, and the 19th Amendment; the civil rights and equal rights movements; and more. Martha Jones, author of Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All, and Lisa Tetrault, author of The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898, join host Jeffrey Rosen. Additional resources and transcript available at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Questions or comments? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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

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the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

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The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan

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nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the

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Constitution among the American people. In honor of Women's History Month the Constitution

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among the American people.

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In honor of Women's History Month, we review this week

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constitutional visionaries from landmark eras

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in American women's history.

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I'm so honored to be joined by two of America's

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leading historians of the Constitution

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and the women's movement.

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Martha Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, Professor of History,

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and a Professor at the S&F Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

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She is the author of Vanguard, How Black Women,

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Broke Barriers, won the boat,

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and insisted on equality for all.

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Martha, it is wonderful to have you back on the show.

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Thanks for having me, Jeff.

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And Lisa Tattro is... the memory and the women's suffrage movement 1848.

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She was also a consultant for the National Constitution

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Center's exhibit, the 19th Amendment,

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