12019-01-29T16:48:09-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2304253plain2019-02-14T14:22:32-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2At the time of the interview, the Mississippi state government was debating a new constitution. Its leaders freely admitted that their purpose was to restrict black voting rights. As Willard mentions, one of the proposals being considered would give white women the vote in order to dilute black voting power. While women's suffrage was ultimately not implemented, the new constitution, known as the Mississippi Plan, did implement the literacy tests and poll taxes that would become the cornerstone of Jim Crow throughout the South.
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12019-01-09T15:33:19-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2Voice interview 41plain2019-01-09T15:33:19-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2