Historians Discuss the Abolitionist and Suffragist Movements

How did the abolition movement and early women's rights movements intersect? Join Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor at The New Yorker and author of the new book The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights, and Thavolia Glymph, Duke University historian and author of the book The Women's Fight: The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation, for a discussion on the early days of the abolition movement and the fight for women’s rights, the complicated relationship between the two movements, and heroes like Harriet Tubman who emerged through both. Check out the full America’s Town Hall program, The Agitators and the Women’s Fight, here:    • The Agitators and the Women's Fight   Register for upcoming programs: https://constitutioncenter.org/debate Visit our media library to discover more online classes, podcasts, and Town Hall conversations: https://constitutioncenter.org/intera... Subscribe to the National Constitution Center on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Constitu... Follow the National Constitution Center on social media! Facebook:   / constitutionctr   Twitter:   / constitutionctr   Instagram:   / constitutionctr   Sign up for our newsletter: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.c...