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Sarah Barrett Bolton
August 25, 2020
Meet Sarah Barrett Bolton, a poet who fought for women’s property rights in Indiana.
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Marie Stuart Edwards
September 1, 2020
Meet suffragist and founder of the League of Women Voters Marie Stuart Edwards.
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.
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?
Alice Paul: The Militant
July 6, 2020
Alice Paul joined the 'suffragettes' while studying in London to demand the right to vote....
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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