The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920, but Georgia was the first state to reject it. It wasn't until 1922 until all Georgia women to get that right and the state didn't officially ratify the 19th Amendment until 1970. Why?
Shame is the Woman tells the story of Georgia's suffragists and anti-suffragists, in their own words. The women may have been on opposite sides of this highly contentious issue, but they had significantly more in common than you might expect. This episode examines that fight for suffrage more than a century ago and how it still echoes today. Shame is The Woman, from Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism and The Macon Newsroom.
In this episode we hear from:
Dr. Doug Thompson, professor of history at Mercer University and director of the Spencer B. King, Jr Center for Southern Studies
Dr. Sheree Keith, professor of communication studies at Middle Georgia State University and author of several publications on women's suffrage and suffragists
Mercer law student Addison Mecredy
The episode features archival audio from Georgia Public Broadcasting, WMAZ-TV, The (Macon) Telegraph, WFAE, PBS News Hour, CBS News and NBC News.
The hosts of this episode were Phoebe Monsour and Henry Keating. It was written by Henry Keating and Lars Lonnroth, with research assistance from Ashley Pemberton and Cole Brockman. Ryan Palmer composed the original music. Tanya Ott edited and mixed the sound. Thanks to GPB Macon’s Grant Blankenship for production assistance.
“Shame is the Woman” is an original podcast production of the Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.