Looking Back at the 19th Amendment

Women will hold close to one-fourth of the seats in Congress next month … and women turn out to vote at higher rates than men. It’s worth remembering that a century ago the big dispute was whether women should even have a vote. Suffragists persuaded some states to open the ballot to women … but by 1918 had turned their effort into amending the FEDERAL constitution, to cover the whole country.Elaine Weiss has written The Woman’s Hour … a fast-moving chronicle of the struggle among women’s advocates, corporate lobbyists and white supremacists.Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472