In honor of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote, the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, the National Park Service, and public media organization PRX are partnering to bring you a set of history-driven podcasts inspired by the courageous suffragists who worked to secure the right to vote for American women. The podcast series—one for tweens, and one for teens and grown-ups—take you to the years before women could fully participate in their own democracy, when universal suffrage—the right to vote—was denied to them.
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The Agitators: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
The Agitators tells of the enduring but tempestuous friendship of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Great allies? Yes. And at times, great adversaries. Young abolitionists when they met in Rochester, New York in the 1840s, they were full of hope and a common purpose. As they grew to become the cultural icons we know today, their movements collided and their friendship was severely tested. Follow these brilliant, flawed, and rebellious activists with host Ashley C. Ford. Their message still matters.This six-part podcast is based on the play The Agitators. The Agitators is brought to listeners by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, the National Park Service, and PRX.
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The Agitators: Trailer
These two heroes of women’s suffrage and abolition were friends -- and sometimes adversaries -- for 45 years. Follow them through time with this theatrical podcast based on the play by Mat Smart.
- Credit / Author:
- PRX, WSCC, NPS
- Date created:
- 10/28/2020
The Magic Sash
The Magic Sash is a journey back in time hosted by gold medal gymnast and advocate Aly Raisman. Join Lotty and Isaiah, two very modern fifth graders, as they meet iconic heroes of the movement for women’s right to vote and experience big moments in women’s suffrage first-hand. They’ll learn that what women (and men) fought for — women’s full political equality — isn’t dusty history at all.
The Magic Sash is a member of TRAX from PRX, a network of high quality podcasts for 9- to 13-year-olds. It's a co-production with Gen-Z Media.
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The Magic Sash: Trailer
Meet Lotty and Isaiah, two modern kids who travel back in time to witness great events in the history of the women’s suffrage movement.
- Credit / Author:
- PRX, WSCC, NPS, Gen-Z Media
- Date created:
- 10/14/2020
And Nothing Less
"Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and nothing less.”
Written by suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women’s rights activists used this rallying cry to demand voting equality. But the suffrage movement included far more voices and perspectives than these two well-known names: throughout the fight for women’s right to vote, generations of diverse activists demanded full access to the ballot box. Hosts Rosario Dawson and Retta guide us through this seven-part series, bringing us the stories we didn’t learn in our history books.
And Nothing Less is the official podcast commemorating 100 years of the 19th Amendment and women's constitutional right to vote.
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And Nothing Less: Trailer
The story we wish had been told. The history you never learned in school, but should’ve. Stories about radical women who made change, and those behind the scenes who inspired it.
- Credit / Author:
- PRX, WSCC, NPS
- Date created:
- 10/14/2020
Last updated: November 18, 2020