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Alice Paul: The Militant
July 06, 2020
While studying in London, Alice Paul joined the 'suffragettes'. In the summer of 1909, she and 111 other suffragettes were arrested. In jail, she declared herself a political prisoner, refused nourishment and was force fed twice daily — some fifty-five times.
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Marie Stuart Edwards
September 1, 2020
Meet suffragist and founder of the League of Women Voters Marie Stuart Edwards.
Sarah Barrett Bolton
August 25, 2020
Meet Sarah Barrett Bolton, a poet who fought for womens property rights in Indiana.
Madam C.J. Walker
August 18, 2020
Madam C.J. Walker was the first female self-made millionaire in America.
May Wright Sewall
August 18, 2020
May Wright Sewall was a famous suffragist and community arts leader.
Ida Husted Harper
August 18, 2020
Meet Ida Husted Harper, a writer, suffragist, and close friend of Susan B. Anthony.
Lillian Thomas Fox
August 18, 2020
A reporter and activist, Fox was the first Black journalist to write for a white newspaper...
Mary Ritter Beard
August 18, 2020
Meet a suffragist and historian who tried to include more women in history textbooks.
"The Vote" from American Experience
From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA
July 6, 2020
Is the U.S. at a tipping point in the nearly 100-year-long fight to ratify the ERA?
Ida B Wells : The Advocate
July 6, 2020
Ida B. Wells was a prominent journalist who exposed racial violence in the South.
Part 1 | The Vote | American Experience
July 6, 2020
The fiery campaign that led to passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the vote.
Part 2 | The Vote | American Experience
July 6, 2020
Part Two examines the mounting dispute over strategies and reveals the pervasive racism.
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