mary teresa norton, she did not have a college degree, she was not a politician. that suffragist -- she was not a suffragist. she was a great politician. a really great politician. one of the things that you will see is women involved in national politics. one of the things they do have in common is that they are white . women of color have more luck in state and local elections. black women are very active in national politics. there are some very important players in the early 1920's the republican party. the overwhelming majority of black political advocates are republicans. it is the party of lincoln. democrats in the south are the creating jimed in crow laws and have been trying to disenfranchise black americans. many are solidly in the republican camp. after the suffragist amendment passes, the national republican committee asked black women leaders to organize. one of the first women who is called on by the rnc is a woman who had been a activist for about a decade at this link. she had been the president of the national organization for colored women. she w

with the help of mary norton who we talked about. congress a lawh that set minimum wage. for men and women. the supreme court would ok this. you may think once you have protective labor legislation going to men and women why would you not pass the e.r.a. at that point? that is because no one was helped by the fair labor standards act. only people in certain occupations were covered by the act. many more men were covered then women. so in loads of states women workers still needed those laws. but they had gotten in previous decades. it was not until 1960 with title vii of the civil rights act that was interpreted the way it was interpreted it begin to make sense that the e.r.a. looks like a good strategy for wage earning women. as was other women who came to support the e.r.a. in the early 70's. further electors that i would say. -- the ninthe amendment represented the critical power that women had the vote. the 90 the moment is unimaginable without those voters in the west. theas important because of modern gender made a claim men and women were much more alike. it did ad

people like mary beth norton and i can spend the next hour talking about the different works. one factor seems to be what is known as mass conversion disorder which traditionally whatever you known as masses to rip which is really -- his stereo which is out -- hysteria, which is out of fashion. it is controversial and hard to diagnose even today and hard to play psychiatrist, which i am not, looking at the with 300 years ago. here is the thing. to understand what mass conversion disorder is, in your mind, it is so stressed and in so much turmoil that your mind unbeknownst to your body converts the stress into physical symptoms. we are not talking about people acting out. we are not talking about people faking their symptoms. we're talking about people terrified because they do not understand what their bodies are doing and why they are shrieking, welling him of deaf, goingblind -- wailing, deaf, dumb and blind. and worrying makes you worse. doctors now know that the most prevailing population by far our adolescent and a teenage girls. at least 70%-80% of the victims, having 2

mary berry. anyone paid through an independent production company or the bbc‘s commercial arm isn't on the list, so graham norton'sncluded. but it is still a list of 96 names earning more than £150,000. we are constantly working at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public, who want to have great shows presented by stars and great presenters, and they also wanting to know that their money, and it's their money, public money, is being spent properly. that's always a balance, and over the last two or three years, yes, some key presenters and others have taken pay cuts. but is it enough? 0n the bbc tour today in salford there were some who felt it could go further. they probably should be well paid. they're doing high—pressure jobs, a lot is expected of them, but it's hard to imagine earning sums like that. so i'm going to say, no, they're not worth that. it's a national treasure. it's really important, so we should be able to pay competitive rates. i am a bit shocked at what chris evans gets paid. they are on large amounts, but i've noticed that the women are on a lot less. indeed, the highest—paid w

mary berry. anyone paid through an independent production company or the bbc‘s commercial arm isn't on the list, so graham norton'sy not included. but it is still a list of 96 names earning more than £150,000. we are constantly working at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public, who want to have great shows presented by stars and great presenters, and them also wanting to know that their money — and it's their money, public money — is being spent properly. that's always a balance, and over the last two or three years, yes, some key presenters and others have taken pay cuts. but is it enough? 0n the bbc tour today in salford there were some who felt it could go further. they probably should be well paid. they're doing high—pressure jobs, a lot is expected of them, but it's hard to imagine earning sums like that. so i'm going to say, no, they're not worth that. it's a national treasure. it's really important, so we should be able to pay competitive rates. i am a bit shocked at what chris evans gets paid. they are on large amounts, but i've noticed that the women are on a lot less. indeed, the highe