Louder with Crowder Hidden Origins of Feminism: Socialists, Polygamists & Con Artists | Ash Wednesday with Rachel Wilson
Mar 13, 2026
Rachel Wilson, author and commentator on feminist history, explores surprising origins of women's liberation. She traces early suffrage support to socialists, polygamists, industrialists and occult networks. Short takes cover propaganda, gender theory roots, impacts on family and practical relationship advice.
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Thrown In The Dairy Farm Shit Pit
- Rachel Wilson recounts growing up a tomboy on a dairy farm and being thrown into manure pits by boys.
- She uses the story to explain physical limits, rural upbringing, and why she didn't buy cinematic portrayals like GI Jane.
Suffrage Was Won By Persistent Propaganda
- Propaganda and sustained PR shifted women's opinions over decades rather than an immediate grassroots awakening.
- Wilson says it took ~75 years of nonstop propaganda and funding to persuade many women to support suffrage.
Women Valued Moral Influence Over Voting
- Many women originally declined the vote to avoid political corruption and preserve moral influence.
- Wilson explains women feared becoming a pandered voting bloc and losing their moral high ground used to influence policy like prohibition.
