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Episode 3: Native Americans Get the Right to Vote

Antique illustration of white settlers checking a Native person in front of a shack labeled "THE POLLS".

So far in this podcast, we have explored the history of women’s suffrage in New Mexico, as a companion production to The American Experience documentary “The Vote” on PBS. That film is available for streaming on NMPBS.org. 2020 marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote in…

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Episode 2: The Final Push

A person holds up an antique portrait.

Welcome to Episode 2 of “New Mexico and the Vote.” This week, we continue our look at the history of women’s suffrage in New Mexico and the ultimate ratification of the 19th Amendment. In the first episode we explored the history of suffrage in the West, including its links to colonization and white supremacy, and…

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