Ep. 23 Elaine Weiss: From Women’s Suffrage to the Voting Booth
It’s been 100 years since women earned the right to vote! Do you know what suffragists endured to ensure this right? Do you know how many generations it took? If you answered “no,” you’re not alone. Elaine Weiss, a politically active and proud voter, realized she never knew the whole story. She quickly jumped into action using her journalism skills to uncover the decades-long journey suffragists took to secure the 19th Amendment. She details the efforts of suffragists and anti-suffragists in her book, “The Woman’s Hour,” bringing the passion of notable suffragists like Carrie Chapman Catt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to life. With her novel set to be a television event, thanks in part to the involvement of Secretary Hillary Clinton and Steven Spielberg, Elaine joined Flip Your Script host Kristi Piehl to discuss how suffragists flipped the script for American women, the importance of your vote and parallels from the movement then to today’s political climate.
RESOURCES:
Learn more about Elaine’s work on her website: elaineweiss.com
Follow Elaine on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Get your copy of “The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote”
Check out the young reader’s version here
Watch the PBS documentary recommended by Elaine, “The Vote”
CLOSING QUOTE
“The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guaranty of your liberty. That vote of yours has cost millions of dollars and the lives of thousands of women. Women have suffered agony of soul which you can never comprehend, that you and your daughters might inherit political freedom. That vote has been costly. Prize it!”