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New! The Agitators: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

And Nothing Less listeners, you’ve heard Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony’s stories from a historical perspective. Now, get to know them as people in this play-turned-podcast about their 40-year relationship as friends and sometimes adversaries. Search for “The Agitators: ...  Show more

Failure is Impossible

The episode title is a line from a speech Susan B. Anthony gave a few months before she died in 1906; she didn’t live to see the 19th amendment added to the Constitution in 1920. But the 19th amendment wasn’t -- and isn’t -- the end of the voting rights story. Pictured with this ...  Show more

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