gloria steinem.steinem, thank you soch or joining us today. we're here to talk about the women's right to vote. but i think many americans today take it for granted, because what, more than halfhe electorate today is women. but-- but the women who fought for that right to vote, it was a mighty struggle, wasn't it? >> yes, it was huge. and if it included people we don't hear about enough. i mean, it included black suffragists. and it included natirican suffragists. you know, i'm-- actually i'm ateful to the york times because they're doing a good series about previously excluded figures that i recommend. >> woodruff: does that in any way take away from the legacy? do y think of the 19th amendment and the fight for women's right to vote for suffra because of the ct th it didn't include all women? >> no, it did include all women, in fact. and now we're justearning the reporting of it. the historical reportingf it has been a problem, for instance, befo-- a decade before seneca falls, there was o ention i

i wonder if gloria steinem knows about this. >> ruth took a case in which a man was discriminated againstportance of sex discrimination. a very intelligent thing to do. >> we appeared at the united states supreme court in 1975. when we got to the courtroom, she sat me down at the table with her. she just wanted a male presence to be at that table so the justices would have something to identify with. that was just a part of her strategy. >> she's trying to convince members of the supreme court, who were mostly white, male, privileged class at that time. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court, for the eight months immediately following his wife's death, steven weisenfeld did not engage in gainful employment. instead, he devoted himself to the care of jason paul. >> she knew exactly what she was doing. it was a very shrewd strategy. >> that case resulted in a unanimous judgment in his favor. his case was the perfect example of how gender-based discrimination hurts everyone. >> ruth's conception of the strategy led to a whole string of litigation for the next decade. >> she wanted

the duchess of sussex is wasting no time in working for causes close to her she sits down with gloria steinemople forget how hard women like you and so many others before you fought so hard to be where we are right now >> it's just -- when you -- if you don't vote, you don't exist. >> yeah. >> you know, it is the only place where we're all equal, the voting booth >> hi, buddy >> wants to be on camera >> the full conversation between meghan and gloria debuts today >>> next up, "the west wing" is the next show getting a big reunion. the show which is hailed as one of the greatest of all time won 26 emmys over its run and gave us the peek into a presidential administration now the cast is getting together for the hbo max reunion to get out the vote one of the stars bradley whitford talked about it in the third hour and explained why now is the time to get back and wo experience that together >> i think we feel like we had such a unique and wonderful experience that we don't want to go back and have a lesser version of it. this was a way to use us getting back together to make a statement about g