And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote

Coming August 5th: And Nothing Less

Subscribe now. Rosario Dawson and Retta trace the untold stories of women’s fight for the vote.

The Cult of True Womanhood

To understand what the suffragists were up against, we have to look at why men -- and even some other women -- didn’t want women to have the right to vote at all. For more on the people and stories mentioned in this episode, visit go.nps.gov/suffragepodcasts.

Myths & Legends

Susan B. Anthony invented women’s suffrage, right? At least that feels like we were taught in school. The truth is much more complicated: Native American women had rights long before white settlers arrived. And, during the suffrage movement, Anthony actually faced a rival organization run by Lucy Stone (our suffragist pictured with this week’s episode), with different priorities about how suffragists and abolitionists should work together. For more on the people and stories mentioned in this episode, visit go.nps.gov/suffragepodcasts.

Truth is of No Color

This is more than a story about women’s rights. It’s a story about civil rights. And women like Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell, our pictured suffragist this week, understood that the suffrage fight was as much about race as it was gender. For more on the people and stories mentioned in this episode, visit go.nps.gov/suffragepodcasts.

Suffrage in Translation

From New Mexico to New York, there were women separated by language, culture, religion, and citizenship, but united by a desire for equality. Pictured with this episode: Mabel Lee was a Chinese immigrant and figure in the New York Suffrage scene; she was also the first Chinese woman to receive her Ph.D. For more on the people and stories mentioned in this episode, visit go.nps.gov/suffragepodcasts.