President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen and MSNBC's Ali Velshi honor the women who played critical roles in the Founding era, Reconstruction, women’s suffrage movement, and the ERA movement, and how these social movements have impacted our Constitution. Learn more about constitutional visionaries like Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Jeffrey Rosen and Ali Velshi Discuss Constitutional Visionaries in American Women’s History
March 22, 2021
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