Top of Mind with Julie Rose – “Taking a Cue from the Men Who Supported the Suffrage Movement”

https://www.byuradio.org/episode/3306a5ec-ef42-4508-bbc3-a0a03c998f1d/top-of-mind-with-julie-rose-deciding-where-to-donate-preparing-for-disasters-male-feminist

September 13, 2017

BYU Radio, at about minute 78:57, Interview with Brooke Kroeger about The Suffragents

Taking a Cue From the Men Who Supported the Suffrage Movement

Guest: Brooke Kroeger, Professor of Journalism, New York University, Author of “The Suffragents: How Women Used Men To Get the Vote.”

In about a week at the United Nations in New York, ten heads of state, ten global CEOs and ten university presidents – all men – will gather to draw attention to women’s rights and empowerment. These thirty men are what the UN’s HeForShe initiative call’s “impact champions.” They include the Presidents of Iceland, Sweden and Japan, as well as the CEOs of Unilever, Barclays and McKinsey.

If you wanted to be cheeky, you could call them “suffragents.” That’s how a group of prominent businessmen and politicians were known for their efforts to support women’s suffrage nearly 100 years ago. NYU Journalism Professor Brooke Kroeger tells their story in her new book, “The Suffragents: How Women Used Men To Get the Vote.”