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Episode 4: 100 Years After The Vote

Native men and a white man stand next to each other for an antique photo.

In this episode, we look back at how far New Mexico has come since women got the right to vote 100 years ago, thanks to the ratification of the 19th Amendment. We also look at the voting challenges that remain today for both women and Native Americans, who received their right to vote decades after…

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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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