PROMOTING AND EMPOWERING WOMEN IN AND THROUGH MUSIC
PROMOTING AND EMPOWERING WOMEN IN AND THROUGH MUSIC
The first of our five-episode series on various historical women's rights movements around the world. One new episode is released each week! In honor of those who fought for our voices to be heard, we encourage you to use yours by voting! Head to vote.org to register for in person or mail voting (it only takes 2 minutes!), and find any other information you need about the voting process in your region, upcoming elections, and more.
In our second episode, we travel to 19th century New Zealand and learn about women's suffrage shepherdess: Kate Sheppard! With the help of New Zealand women and allies, Sheppard guided NZ to be the FIRST country to grant women the right to vote in 1893. Narrated by Valkyrie Emily Crisp, our Administrative Director. More from the Music from Her festival “Suffrage Songs Recomposed.”
In this episode, we return to the women's suffrage movement of the U.S., taking a closer look at some of the unsung LGBTQ leaders of the cause, as well as some of the more well-known suffragettes whose non-straight romances history books tend to ignore. Narrated by Valkyrie Julia Rahm, our Director of Social Justice & Programming! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Learn more about the term "Two-Spirit" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4lBi...
This episode we take a look at the intersection between the women's rights and civil right's movements of the U.S.A, honoring the suffragettes who had to overcome not only sexist, but economic, and racial discrimination as well. Valkyrie General & Artistic Director Karen Hunt guides us through the timeline of American suffrage from the late 1700s to the 2000s.
In our season finale, all of our hosts bring forward lessons learned from the historic suffragette movements covered in previous episodes to the present by talking allyship! The Valkyries discuss how we can all better educate ourselves on topics like intersectional, international, and lgbtq feminism, practice empathy and support, and just overall be better allies to one another and our causes. As Julia beautifully puts it: “we all belong to each other, so let's all keep learning, acting in solid