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100 years after 19th Amendment, work on equality remains

Season 2020 Episode 242 | 5m 05s

This week it will be 100 years since the 19th Amendment was passed, giving women in America the hard-fought right to vote. With COVID-19 disproportionately affecting women, especially women of color, progress on several fronts including wage equality has been lost. Amanda Zamora, a co-founder and publisher of The 19th, a digital newsroom dedicated to covering gender rights, joins to discuss.

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