Votes for Women
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English - October 30, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.91 MB - ★★★★★ - 164 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture brooklyn censorship librarian neighborhood archive books library publiclibrary reading storytime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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To honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we take a trip to Green-Wood cemetery to the grave of Sarah Smith Garnet, one of Brooklyn's Black women suffragists. We also talk with NYC Council Member Farrah Louis about how the women in her family encouraged activism through voting. Read the trasncript here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/votes-for-women