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Martha S Jones discusses her Cundill History Prize-shortlisted book Vanguard, which charts African-American women’s long and determined fight for the vote. She speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about how the battle for suffrage connected to other issues and a wider struggle for political power.
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1168 - African-American women’s battle for the voteWed, 20 Oct 2021
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1165 - Apartheid: everything you wanted to knowSun, 17 Oct 2021
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1164 - Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeededSat, 16 Oct 2021
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1161 - George III: the tyrant who lost America?Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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1160 - At home with the MongolsMon, 11 Oct 2021
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1159 - Pompeii: everything you wanted to knowSat, 09 Oct 2021
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1158 - Unexpected EdwardiansSat, 09 Oct 2021
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1157 - Plagues of our pastFri, 08 Oct 2021
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1156 - Courage under fire: the story of a WW2 tank regimentWed, 06 Oct 2021
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1155 - How Hindustan became IndiaTue, 05 Oct 2021
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1154 - The turbulent Stuart centuryMon, 04 Oct 2021
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1153 - The Boer War: everything you wanted to knowSun, 03 Oct 2021
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1152 - My father the NaziSat, 02 Oct 2021
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1147 - Medieval Wales: everything you wanted to knowSun, 26 Sep 2021
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1144 - India’s SuffragettesWed, 22 Sep 2021
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1143 - Jihad and the British empireTue, 21 Sep 2021
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1141 - The Paris Peace Conference: everything you wanted to knowSun, 19 Sep 2021
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1138 - Maria Theresa: empress, warrior, matriarchWed, 15 Sep 2021
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1136 - Hitler’s war on “degenerate art”Mon, 13 Sep 2021
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1129 - The Spanish Armada: everything you wanted to knowSun, 05 Sep 2021
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