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Elaine Weiss in the news
Watch a sample of Elaine Weiss' media appearances here:
American History Q&A Program on Ratification of 19th Amendment | C-SPAN
Women’s Suffrage and the White House | The 1600 Sessions
Elaine Weiss Interview | She Votes! Podcast
Interview with Elaine Weiss | WBUR’s Radio Boston
Women’s Suffrage’s “Great Fight” | CBS News
Elaine Weiss on “The Woman’s Hour” and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage | WYPR
Women’s Hard-Fought Right to Vote | The Brian Lehrer Show
‘The Woman’s Hour’ Documents Pivotal Leaders In The Fight For Suffrage | NPR's All Things Considered
Elaine Weiss delivers engaging book talks
Award-winning journalist and the author of the highly acclaimed narrative non-fiction books The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight for the Vote and Fruits of Victory: The Woman’s Land Army in the Great War, ELAINE WEISS is in-demand for her informative and engaging books talks. Her presentations, including the Princeton Public Library, Marine Biological Laboratory, Chautauqua Institution, and Library of Congress incorporate both visuals and a deep dive into her work, which sheds illuminating light on politics and women's rights today. Weiss is also a frequent media commentator, appearing on CBS Sunday Morning, PBS, NPR, and C-Span.
Weiss' The Women's Hour was hailed as a "riveting, nail-biting political thriller" with powerful parallels to the current political environment. Weiss’s powerful words will also come to life on the small screen, as Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television has optioned the rights to The Woman’s Hour as an executive producer on the project. In remarks that are empowering and eye-opening, Weiss inspires audiences with conversations about what it takes to make social and political change, the power of civic engagement, and the struggle over voting rights, past and present. Rave reviews include “Elaine did an amazing job of bringing the history to life and connecting it with our organization today”; (Women's League of Voters) “In this crazy world we live in, we need more people like [Elaine] inspiring others to be good people!" (The Tennessee Municipal League)
Elaine Weiss Inspires Audiences With Conversations About Suffrage, the Power of Civic Engagement, and More.
Award-winning journalist and the author of the highly acclaimed narrative non-fiction books The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight for the Vote and Fruits of Victory: The Woman’s Land Army in the Great War, ELAINE WEISS sheds fascinating light on women's rights, suffrage, and the 19th Amendment for hosts nationwide.
Weiss' The Women's Hour was hailed as a "riveting, nail-biting political thriller" with powerful parallels to today's political environment. She's been sought-out to speak about the research behind the book-- and the relevance of the 19th Amendment today-- everywhere from The Library of Congress to The Wilson Center. Weiss’s powerful words will also come to life on the small screen, as Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television has optioned the rights to The Woman’s Hour with Hillary Clinton set to make her debut as an executive producer on the project.
In remarks that are empowering and eye-opening, Weiss inspires audiences with conversations about what it takes to change the Constitution, the power of civic engagement, how change is made, and the story of past and present voting rights. Praised by the League of Women Voters of the United States for doing an “amazing job of bringing the history of the League to life and connecting it with our organization today,” during a speaking engagement, Elaine has an innate ability to connect with any group and clearly explain the direct relevance of history’s most controversial issues. The Tennessee Municipal League put it best after watching her inspire their audience: “In this crazy world we live in, we need more people like [Elaine] inspiring others to be good people!"
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Elaine Weiss is a journalist and author whose feature writing has been recognized with prizes from the Society of Professional Journalists, and her by-line has appeared in many national publications.
A MacDowell Colony Fellow and Pushcart Prize “Editor’s Choice” honoree, she is the author of the highly-acclaimed narrative history The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote (Viking/Penguin) hailed as a “riveting, nail-biting political thriller” with powerful parallels to today’s political environment. The Woman’s Hour was a GoodReads Readers’ Choice Award winner, short-listed for the 2019 Chautauqua Prize, and received the American Bar Association’s highest honor, the 2019 Silver Gavel Award.
Her previous book, Fruits of Victory: The Woman’s Land Army in the Great War was excerpted in Smithsonian Magazine and featured on C-Span and public radio stations nationwide.
Weiss holds a graduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University. She is a popular public speaker and frequent media commentator on the themes of women’s political organization and modern voting rights, with recent op-eds published in The New York Times and interviews on NPR’s All Things Considered, CBS Sunday Morning, and PBS American Experience.
Steven Speilberg’s Amblin production company is adapting The Woman’s Hour for the screen, with Hillary Rodham Clinton serving as Executive Producer.
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