Age Divisions in the Fight for Women's Rights in America

Guest: Corinne Field, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, University of Virginia Here’s a question – when is a birthday party more than just a reason to eat cake and toast another year of someone’s life? Could a birthday celebration actually be a political act? Historian Corinne Field joins us with a look at how a birthday celebration for a woman at the turn of the 20th Century had important political and social implications.