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And Nothing Less: Trailer
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[“Winning the Vote” music up…] Now 'tis just as plain as my old hat, that's plain as plain can be, That if the women want the vote, they'll get no help from me. Not from Joe, not from Joe, if he knows it, not from Joseph; No,no,no, not from Joe; not from me, I tell you no! [Music fade down/out...] R: No no no! Rosario, What on earth is that?! RD: Oh that’s that’s a song called “Winning the Vote” written back in 1912. R: Oh geez. Let me try not NOT roll my eyes at “Joe” too hard here. RD: I KNOW. I know. But listen --- we’ve got to tell this story. R: That’s right -- the story of WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE. RD: Which really just means - our right to vote! R: Because, believe it or not...it’s turning 100. [Music slow up] RD: Alright Joe, we’ll take it from here. [Music fades out for good] [Fade in theme or contemporary music]
R: I’m Retta
RD: And I’m Rosario Dawson And we’re bringing you a new podcast called “And Nothing Less.” Over the next 7 episodes we’re going to tell the story of the over-seventy-year fight for women’s rights, leading up to the victory of ratifying the 19th amendment. R: And just in case you forgot-- it states that *clears throat* “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex” AND that happened JUST 100 years ago. [fade in contemporary music]
RD: So we're going to tell 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. R: We’ll talk about some of the biggest myths ---
Lisa:There is no constitutional right to vote R: The big banner-waving moments --- Allison: Often textbooks just have a line saying and then women were granted the right to vote. That was absolutely not the case. Women were not granted anything. They fought extremely, extremely hard for this right.
R: the fights over race ---
Martha: White suffragists not only know that Jim Crow laws will keep black women from the polls, they count on that being common knowledge. R: And how this is about more than the past. It’s about our present and future.
Elaine: This was an amazing civil rights battle. It's been ignored too long, and there were enormous lessons for today, not only historical lessons, but political lessons about how you make change in a democracy.
RD: So join us on And Nothing Less, from the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. the National Park Service and PRX. R: Subscribe now to hear our first episode on August 5th! RD: Oh, and remember joe? He came around.... (Boys) You're just right- how blind I've been, I ne'er had seen it thus; 'Tis true that taxes you must pay without a word of fuss. You are subject to the laws that men made, and yet no word or note, Can you sing out where it will count. I'll help you win the vote! Yes, I will. (Girls) Thank you, Joe. (All) We'll together soon be voters, Yes we will, if you'll all Vote "YES" at the polls next fall.
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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.
Duration
3 minutes, 4 seconds
Credit
PRX, WSCC, NPS
Date Created
07/09/2020
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