Discovering New York Suffrage Stories

Discovering New York Suffrage Stories

Meet diverse New York women who battled oppression and racism in their fight for the vote.

In New York State, the epicenter for reform in the mid 1800’s, the suffrage movement’s success depended on many women, but today, several of their stories are absent from history. Meet a few of the diverse suffragists in this NY Emmy-nominated documentary who tirelessly navigated issues of religious intolerance, sexism, politics, and racism as they fought for the vote and for women’s equality.

Discovering New York Suffrage Stories is a local public television program presented by WNED PBS.