Strategies for Women's Rights - Brooke Kroeger, Professor, Author, 'The Suffragents"

Women triumphed in part “by bringing in elites, both society and social women and men of position, power and influence, and many of them were publishers, editors…and had direct access to the levers of media.” Brooke Kroeger on Electric Ladies Podcast (then known as Green Connections Radio)

As we embark on a crucial presidential election this year, women voters are the largest single voting bloc, but, that right was a hard-fought battle until passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

To commemorate it this Women’s History Month, listen to my fascinating interview with one of the foremost chroniclers of the suffrage movement, Brooke Kroeger, including lessons for today.

She is an NYU journalism professor, author of several books, including “The Suffragents: How Women Used Men To Get The Vote,” creator of SuffrageandtheMedia.org, and a former top journalist. Including lessons for women today.

You’ll hear:

How women built alliances with men in positions of power and influence.
How women leveraged the media to drive public opinion and pressure lawmakers.
Why women’s roles in war-time were so important to securing women’s rights more broadly. Lessons for women today from the fight for women’s suffrage. And great career advice too!

Read Joan’s Forbes blog about her interview with Brooke too.

There are many lessons for today’s efforts for women’s equality in the success of the suffrage movement, including, how women can leverage the assets and relationships within their reach, Brooke Kroeger said.