Andy in the Archives: Women's Suffrage

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 22, 2019

New York Public Radio's director of archives, Andy Lanset, joins us for this week’s installment of our ongoing series, “Andy in the Archives.” This week, we’re looking at the history of women’s suffrage. The right for women to vote in the U.S. was ratified on August 18, 1920.

This segment is guest-hosted by Jenna Flanagan.

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