Welcome to Live at the National Constitution Center, our newly-renamed podcast sharing live constitutional conversations held here at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and across America. The center is temporarily closed to the public due to coronavirus, but, before we went remote, we held a few programs that we’re excited to share here on the podcast in the coming weeks.
This episode features conversations from an event held at the center in early March as part of our yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote.
In the first panel (00:00-12:00), NCC President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen and Exhibit Developer Elena Popchock discuss the NCC’s forthcoming exhibit The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote. (At the time of this conversation, the exhibit was set to open in June but may now open later this year.)
Next (12:00-end) Elena joins a panel featuring historian Lori Ginzberg, author of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life. They share an interesting look into Stanton—one of the most the charismatic and complex characters that shaped American history and feminism— in conversation with National Constitution Center Senior Director of Content Lana Ulrich.
During this public health crisis, the National Constitution Center is hosting a series of virtual constitutional conversations, which we’ll also share on the podcast in the coming weeks. You can watch videos of those programs here and see the full schedule of upcoming programs here.
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Lori Ginzberg is a historian of 19th-century American women with a particular interest in the intersections between intellectual and social history. She has written several books, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life and Untidy Origins: A Story of Woman’s Rights in Antebellum New York. She has taught a wide range of courses in U.S. history, women's history, lesbian and gay history, and feminist theory.
Elena Popchock is the exhibition developer at the National Constitution Center, overseeing exhibit content from conception through installation. Since 2016, she has served as the lead developer for several exhibits, including Hamilton: The Constitutional Clashes That Shaped a Nation and most recently, the permanent exhibit Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality. She is currently writing and developing an exhibit on the 19th Amendment.
Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. Rosen is also professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.
Lana Ulrich is the senior director of content, constitutional fellow, and senior counsel at the National Constitution Center, where she manages the Center's constitutional content and programming, including podcasts, America's Town Hall programs, exhibits, the online Interactive Constitution, and the Constitution Daily blog. She also assists with any legal matters relating to the Center's operations and directs the Continuing Legal Education program.
Additional Resources
- The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life by Lori Ginzberg
This episode was engineered by Greg Scheckler with help from Jackie McDermott and produced by Jackie McDermott and Tanaya Tauber.
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