• #316 The Women Who Shaped the White House in the 20th Century w/ Melissa Estes Blair

  • Oct 7 2024
  • Length: 52 mins
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#316 The Women Who Shaped the White House in the 20th Century w/ Melissa Estes Blair

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  • Most accounts of women in mid-20th century American politics highlight trailblazers such as Frances Perkins or the handful of women elected to Congress in those years. But women’s participation in politics- both as voters and as party activists- was far more significant than most Americans realize, elevating a group of white middle-class women into positions of influence over Presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower.

    Melissa Blair joins Ben & Bob to talk about how and why these women became cornerstones of party politics in these years and why they’ve largely been forgotten in our national memory. Melissa’s book, Bringing Home the White House: The Hidden History of Women Who Shaped the Presidency in the Twentieth Century, chronicles the lives of five influential women whose work was critical in helping their party’s candidate win the White House in this era.

    Melissa Estes Blair is a Professor of History at Auburn University whose research focuses on women and politics in the United States in the twentieth century.

    This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.
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