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American Experience

Chapter 1 | The Vote, Part 1

Watch a preview of Part One of The Vote.

Aired 07/06/2020

American Experience

Chapter 1 | The Vote, Part 1

Clip: Season 32 Episode 9 | 10m 3sVideo has Closed Captions

Watch a preview of Part One of The Vote.

The hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote.

Aired 07/06/2020

Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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The Race to Ratification

New York women came together to push for their state’s ratification of the 19th Amendment. (13m 52s)

Alice Paul: The Militant

Alice Paul joined the 'suffragettes' while studying in London to demand the right to vote. (1m 7s)

Black Suffragists

Black women played an essential role in the suffrage movement. (30s)

The Early Suffragists

They united to abolish slavery and advance the rights of women in the 19th Century. (1m 29s)

Extended Trailer | The Vote | American Experience

The hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote. (2m 8s)

From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA

Video has Closed Captions

Is the U.S. at a tipping point in the nearly 100-year-long fight to ratify the ERA? (7m 42s)

Ida B Wells : The Advocate

Ida B. Wells was a prominent journalist who exposed racial violence in the South. (1m 24s)

The Ongoing Fight

Before women's suffrage, Black women led the fight for voting rights—and still do today. (10m 1s)

She Resisted

Celebrate the strategies and tactics of the movement in a new interactive experience. (59s)

Trailer | The Vote | American Experience

The dramatic story of the hard-fought campaign by American women for the right to vote. (30s)

Carrie Chapman Catt: The Politician

Carrie Chapman Catt was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. (1m 25s)

Harriot Stanton Blatch: I Believe in Women

Harriot S. Blatch believed working-class women were the key to win the ballot. (1m 20s)

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