Summer Series 2020

One hundred years ago this summer, Missourians awaited news regarding the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The state had approved the amendment, which prohibited the federal government and states from denying a citizen the right to vote based upon sex, a year prior, in 1919. However, it would take another year before Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the new constitutional amendment in August 1920. As we consider the centennial of women's suffrage, Our Missouri invites listeners to join us as we explore the fight for the vote through the eyes of a group of "Show-Me Suffragists" who are not as well-known in Missouri History.

Summer Series 2020: Voda Curtis: Suffrage & Civil Rights – Keely Doll (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 4)

This episode focuses on the life of Voda "Bea" Hardy Curtis, and documents the path of her family from slavery to suffrage. The episode also features audio clips from Voda Curtis' 1977 oral history (S0829) housed at the State Historical Society of Missouri's St. Louis Research Center, as well as final thoughts from past oral history interns–Cydney Smith, Cassie Draudt, and Keely Doll–who conducted research on Voda Curtis' life.

 

Summer Series 2020: Carrie Lee Carter Stokes – Janet Olson (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 3)

This episode focuses on the life of Carrie Lee Carter Stokes, and explains how the Dexter (MO) schoolteacher rose to become a prominent leader in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Missouri Equal Suffrage Association.

 

Episode & Banner Image: Temperance rally in New Franklin, Missouri, ca. 1910 [Lilburn A. Kingsbury Collection (C3724), SHSMO]

Summer Series 2020: The Clark Family - Ethan Colbert (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 2)

This episode focuses on the Clark Family of Bowling Green, particularly Genevieve Davis Bennett Clark and Genevieve Clark Thomson, and how discussions of suffrage in their home eventually made it to the halls of Congress.

 

Episode & Banner Image: Honey Schuck, the home of the Clark family, in Bowling Green, Missouri, date unknown [Champ Clark Home Photograph (P0323), SHSMO]

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