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Discovering New York Suffrage Stories

Mary Talbert

Clip | 4m 17s | Video has closed captioning.

See how Mary Talbert, who graduated from Oberlin College, went on to become a teacher and eventually a principal. She moved to Buffalo in 1891, where she got married and established the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church. She was a powerful voice in the suffrage movement for women of color, seeing ballots as having the power to enact legislation that would guarantee American citizenship.

Aired: 02/01/21

Rating: NR

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

Major support for Discovering New York Suffrage Stories was provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor and by the Susan Howarth Foundation and KeyBank in …

Major support for Discovering New York Suffrage Stories was provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor and by the Susan Howarth Foundation and KeyBank in partnership with First Niagara Foundation. With additional funding from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation and Humanities New York.

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