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THE VOTE: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

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Tuesday, March 24th

4:00pm on
Runtime: 00:55:26
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Part 2

Explore the strategies used by a new generation of leaders determined to win the vote for women. Internal debates over radical tactics and the place of African American women in the movement shaped the battle in the crucial period from 1906-1915.

Wednesday, March 25th

4:00pm on
Runtime: 00:55:35
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Part 3

Discover how the pervasive racism of the time, particularly in the South, impacted women's fight for the vote during the final years of the campaign. Stung by a series of defeats in 1915, the suffragists concentrated on passing a federal amendment.

Thursday, March 26th

4:00pm on
Runtime: 00:55:35
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Part 4

Meet the unsung women whose tireless work would finally ban discrimination at U.S. polls on the basis of sex. Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt advocated different strategies, but their combined efforts led to the amendment's passage in 1920.