Women’s suffrage and the Black women left out

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🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Today on Post Reports, Katie Mettler on the little known story about how the 19th Amendment was ratified. And historian Martha S. Jones on how Black women had to keep fighting for the right to vote after the 19th Amendment passed.

A mother’s letter, a son’s choice and the little known story about the 19th Amendment’s ratification.

Black women fought to get the right to vote long after White women earned it.

The Lily: Meet the Americans who first advocated for women's right to vote

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:04.6	Hey, it's Ross Helderman from the Post-Kolley.
0:07.8	How are you?
0:08.8	Hey there, it's Simon and the Post.
0:10.8	Hey, it's Dave Farron from the Post.
0:12.8	Have you got a seat?
0:14.1	This is Post-Report.
0:15.1	I'm Nicole Ellis.
0:18.9	It's Tuesday, August 18th.
0:23.7	Today a little known story about how the 19th Amendment was ratified.
0:28.6	And how black women had to keep fighting for the right to vote.
0:36.0	A century ago today, the 19th Amendment was ratified.
0:38.9	It read, the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or bridged
0:43.4	by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
0:46.3	That was a huge victory for the women's suffrage movement.
0:50.0	But the victory wasn't really for white women.
0:52.3	Black women had to continue fighting for universal suffrage, and that fight is still going
0:56.0	on.
0:57.0	Today we have two stories about the 19th Amendment.
0:59.9	The first is about the day it was ratified in the Tennessee State House.
1:03.2	And the second is about its limitations.
1:07.3	Who are you and what do you do?
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