WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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As next year’s 100th anniversary of the ratification of 19th Amendment (mandating the women’s vote in all elections in the United States) approached, Monroe County History Center collections manager Hilary Fleck became curious about the role of local women in the fight for the vote. She was warded the May Wright Sewall Fellowship from Indiana Humanities to do research on Bloomington and Monroe County’s 19th and 20th century suffragists as well as the history of women in politics in these parts. The results of her research will be a cornerstone of the History Center’s year-long commemoration of the women’s vote centennial in 2020.
Host Michael Glab goes one-on-one with Bloomington’s most fascinating people every Thursday at 5:30pm. Tune in for a bonus feature, Big Talk Extra, every Monday on the Daily Local News at 5:00pm for added chat from the previous week’s show.
