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This PBS documentary is a sweeping look at the women’s suffrage movement, from Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s famous Seneca Falls call to arms to the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women voting rights.
On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony led a dozen women to the polls in Rochester, New York, and convinced the worker there to allow her and the others to vote—despite the fact that it was against the law. Four hours later, U.S. Marshals arrested and handcuffed Anthony.
Jan 29, 2020 · WASHINGTON, January 29, 2020 — As part of its celebration of the centennial year of the passage of the 19th Amendment, the National Archives hosted a 25th-anniversary screening of the 1995 PBS film One Woman, One Vote, which documents the struggle for woman suffrage.
Jan 14, 2020 · One Woman, One Vote documents the struggle that culminated in the passing of the 19th Amendment and the 70-year struggle for women’s suffrage. Discover why the crusaders faced entrenched opposition from men and women who feared that votes for women would ignite a social revolution.
Seventy-five years after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, PBS broadcast a two-hour long documentary entitled One Woman, One Vote. Highlighting generations of women and men that worked towards enfranchising women, this documentary followed the suffrage movement from its inception in Seneca Falls in 1848 to the final state battle ...
Synopsis. Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon narrates this educational installment of the popular "American Experience" series as it examines the 72-year struggle for a woman's right to vote. Segments focus on influential figures in the women's suffrage movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul; the country's widespread fear ...
Oct 23, 2015 · For example, in one scene, Lloyd George ( Adrian Schiller) informs a gathering of women that the suffrage bill did not pass. The women feel betrayed (they thought he was an ally) and shouts of " Liar! " fill the air. Mulligan shouts " Liar " and there's nothing going on beneath her face.
