Posts Tagged ‘women’s rights’
Episode 1: New Mexico’s Road to the Vote
The American Southwest played a key role in the woman suffrage battle, as Western states led the charge to ratify the 19th Amendment. New Mexico’s fight to ensure women the right to vote, however, had a much different trajectory. After the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, the United States took over the territory once belonging…
Read MoreDiversity and the New Mexico Legislature | The Line
February 7, 2020 – Gene Grant and the Line opinion panel look at diversity in state government, including New Mexico’s long history of electing women of color. They also explore the reason why the Speaker of the House stopped the longstanding practice of inviting diverse guest speakers of many faiths to give the daily invocation…
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