Galia Gichon joins Writers Voices for a lively discussion of her novel – The Accidental Suffragist
“What has come up in so many of these conversations, like I did a podcast in Georgia, I did a podcast in Texas just really around the book … and they say “How’s this book relevant today?” – because it really did happen a hundred years ago. And the first thing I say is “Oh my goodness, Look at what’s happening with voting laws being contested in Georgia.”… I think when you see how weak the voting laws are and how quickly they are taken away. I think this book is very timely. And then even what’s happening with women’s rights.. It’s still such a debate. It’s so so relevant.”
“What has come up in so many of these conversations, like I did a podcast in Georgia, I did a podcast in Texas just really around the book … and they say “How’s this book relevant today?” – because it really did happen a hundred years ago. And the first thing I say is “Oh my goodness, Look at what’s happening with voting laws being contested in Georgia.”… I think when you see how weak the voting laws are and how quickly they are taken away. I think this book is very timely. And then even what’s happening with women’s rights.. It’s still such a debate. It’s so so relevant.”
Learning where we came from to me is really important.
We are not makers of history, we are made by history.
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