SPEAKER_05: Reboot your credit card with Apple Card. It gives you unlimited daily cash back that can earn 4.15% annual percentage yield when you open a savings account. A high yield, low effort way to grow your money with no fees. Apply for Apple Card now in the Wallet app on iPhone to start earning and growing your daily cash with savings today. Apple Card subject to credit approval. Savings is available to Apple Card owners subject to eligibility. Savings accounts by Goldman Sachs Bank USA. Member FDIC, terms apply.
SPEAKER_03: AT&T and Verizon lure you in with their best phone offers only to lock you into a three-year phone contract, not at T-Mobile. Now, with T-Mobile's best Go 5G plans, upgrade when you want. Every year or every two, you decide. Visit T-Mobile.com to take charge of your upgrades.
SPEAKER_00: Get two-year financing on Go 5G Plus and Next. One-year upgrade on Go 5G Next requires financing new qualifying device and upgrading in good condition after six plus months with 50% paid off. Upgrade ends financing in any promo credits. Visit us at T-Mobile.com.
SPEAKER_04: Access the best in craft beers, canned cocktails and hard seltzers. Get Stocked is the new cutting edge one-stop destination to fill up on products and information. Want to learn more about the latest RTDs? Need to plan ahead or order on the spot? Visit GetStocked.com today and use promo code STOCKUP to save $10 off your purchase of $49 or more. That's GetStocked.com code STOCKUP. Check them out.
SPEAKER_07: Hey everybody, I'm Grace Lynch, a producer at Wonder Media Network and one of the many people who gets to work on Encyclopedia Wamanica. My absolute favorite feeling whenever I'm working on an episode of Wamanica is when I find the perfect piece of music that will underscore a series of events or transport the listener or communicate the emotional weight of the situation. It can be really hard to find these tracks and all of us spend hours pouring through music libraries to find them. The song that you're listening to right now is one of my all-time favorites, which I found one day toiling deep down a music rabbit hole. I sat on it for months waiting to finally find the right episode and it was actually Jenny, who had heard me use it inappropriately too many times before, who finally picked the right spot. It ended up working perfectly for Mary the Jewess, one of our many beautiful minds we featured in December. If you enjoy what we do and want to keep hearing more incredible stories of women throughout history who deserve to be remembered, I hope you would consider joining our membership program. By going to glow.fm slash Wamanica, you can help support the team behind the show and make sure that these stories keep being told. That's glow.fm slash Wamanica. Thanks again.
SPEAKER_08: Hello, I'm Lexi, an intern from the National Women's History Museum. And today I'm excited to introduce one of my favorite episodes that's been featured on Encyclopedia Wamanica, Mary Church Terrell. Mary's story reminds us that the 19th Amendment did not extend the right to vote to women of color. After the addition of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, activists like Mary continued to work to pursue a future where all, not just some women, would be able to vote. Mary inspires me to be an advocate for social change and I hope she inspires you too. This episode initially aired in March, 2020. Now here's host Jenny Kaplan to tell you about Mary Church Terrell.
SPEAKER_01: Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Encyclopedia Wamanica. Today's feminist was an African-American civil rights activist and suffragist who worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to improve the lots of her race and gender. As a writer, educator, and organizer, her accomplishments were far-reaching. She was also one of the first black women to go to college in the US. Let's talk about Mary Church Terrell. Mary Eliza Church was born on September 23rd, 1863 in Memphis, Tennessee. Mary's parents were both freed slaves who owned small, thriving businesses and provided a comfortable life for Mary and her brother. Mary's father, Robert Reed Church, was one of the southern United States' first black millionaires. Her mother, Louisa Ayers Church, was one of the first black women to open and run a hair salon. Their success was remarkable. Tennessee in 1863, during the middle of the Civil War, was quite a discriminatory place to say the least. Her parents' success allowed Mary access to an education she may otherwise have been barred from receiving. When Mary attended Oberlin College, she became one of the first African American women to earn a college degree. Oberlin was the first college in the US to open its doors to women and African Americans. Mary majored in classics and earned her bachelor's degree alongside Anna Julia Cooper and Ida Gibbs Hunt, two other prominent black intellectuals and activists. Mary then got her master's in education. After graduation, Mary taught at the historically black college Wilberforce College, now called Wilberforce University. She then moved to Washington, DC and taught at the M Street Colored High School. There, she met a man named Robert Heberton Terrell. Robert had his own successful career as an attorney and educator. He would later become the first black municipal court judge in DC. The two got married and had four children, though only one daughter survived infancy. The couple would later adopt a second daughter. After spending a few years in Europe studying languages, Mary returned to the US and dove into activism. In 1892, Thomas Moss, a friend of Mary's, was lynched by white business owners. This had a major impact on Mary and led her to join anti-lynching campaigns. She famously wrote a piece condemning the widespread trend of lynchings in the South. In the piece entitled, "'Lynching from a Negro's Point of View,' Mary wrote, "'The South has so industriously, "'so persistently and eloquently preached "'the inferiority of the Negro that the North "'has apparently been converted to this view.'" In 1892, Mary formed the Colored Women's League, along with her college friends and other well-known feminists, abolitionists, and scholars. Their intention was to provide support and empowerment to the African-American community, and especially to black women. Due to her successful career and her achievements in activism, Mary was also appointed to the DC School Board in 1895. She was the first black woman to hold that position. A year later, the Colored Women's League merged with other mission-aligned organizations to expand its reach and impact. The coalition formed the National Association of Colored Women. Mary was the first president of the association, and her words, lifting as we climb, became the organization's motto. Those words conveyed the essence of the association's intention, that through solidarity comes progress for all. As president, Mary was extremely active. She spoke and wrote for the cause. She fought for women's suffrage and specifically for black women's suffrage. She would later even picket the White House with the National Woman's Party. In 1898, Mary gave an address called the Progress of Colored Women at the National American Woman Suffrage Association's conference in DC. Through the movement, she became good friends with Susan B. Anthony and other luminaries of the age, like Jane Addams, Frederick Douglass, and W.E.B. Du Bois. In 1904, Mary traveled to Berlin to speak at the International Congress of Women. She was the only black woman at the conference. Mary delivered her address in three languages, German, French, and English, and received a standing ovation. Five years later, in 1909, Mary was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP. The next year, she also co-founded the College Alumna Club, later called the National Association of University Women. The 19th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, giving women the right to vote. But that right didn't extend in practice to people of color. Mary urged activists, including Alice Paul, to turn their attention to extending rights more broadly. Alice Paul wasn't interested, but Mary didn't give up. She published an autobiography called A Colored Woman in a White World to share her personal experiences with prejudice. In 1950, Mary helped in the fight to desegregate restaurants in D.C. by actively protesting against segregated establishments. Segregated restaurants were deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court three years later. Well into her 80s, Mary continued protesting in picket lines and taking part in advocacy work. She passed away in 1954 at the age of 90. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Encyclopaedia Womanica, and you can follow me directly on Twitter at Jenny M. Kaplan. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow. Racial injustice has been an unacceptable part of our nation's being for far too long. As we grapple with authentic ways to dismantle the inequitable power structure of our country, the census takes on a whole new level of relevance. It allows us to recreate our histories and bring to life human beings who've been disregarded and discarded. Learn more about the census and how it could be the most undervalued tool we have to preserve democracy in a four-part podcast series called 2020 Counts by our friends at Bridger Media. Hosts Alison Bajricheria and Leila Jerusalem speak with activists, academics, historians, and community organizers to understand its history and importance. A complete count can completely change representation in our country. Listen to understand why some experts believe being counted is more important than voting. Subscribe to 2020 Counts wherever you get your podcasts.
SPEAKER_03: AT&T and Verizon lure you in with their best phone offers, only to lock you into a three-year phone contract, not at T-Mobile. Now, with T-Mobile's best Go 5G plans, upgrade when you want. Every year or every two, you decide. Visit T-Mobile.com to take charge of your upgrades.
SPEAKER_00: Get two-year financing on Go 5G Plus and Next. One-year upgrade on Go 5G Next requires financing new qualifying device and upgrading in good condition after six plus months with 50% paid off. Upgrade ends financing in any promo credits. See T-Mobile.com.
SPEAKER_02: Do you hear it? The clock is ticking. It's time for the new season of 60 Minutes. The CBS News Sunday Night tradition is back for its 56th season with all new big name interviews, hard-hitting investigations, and epic adventures. No place, no one, no story is off limits, and you'll always learn something new. It's time for 60 Minutes. New episode airs Sunday, September 24th on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
SPEAKER_06: Your home is important. It's where you raise your family and your biggest financial investment. For your home improvement projects, visit iHeart.dibella.us for your roofing, siding, window, and bath renovations. In your community, there's a local Dibella team. Visit iHeart.dibella.us for your free no obligation quote. It's easy. There's no payments until 2024 on approved credit. Over 15,000 satisfied customers on Google had a five-star experience with Dibella. For your home improvement projects, check out the award-winning pros at iHeart.dibella.us where quality begins at home.
