Episode 31

100 years, and still so much to do

August 7, 2020: A century ago, Congress ratified the 19th Amendment. Women have accomplished a lot with their political power since 1920. And yet...no woman has been elected as president. And few women hold higher office in Vermont. So, what does that say about women's political power in 2020? John Hagen joins the show.

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker

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The Montpelier Happy Hour
A show about how things in the State House shake out for the rest of us

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.