Discovering New York Suffrage Stories
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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.
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Discovering New York Suffrage Stories is a local public television program presented by BTPM 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...
Discovering New York Suffrage Stories
Trailer | Discovering New York Suffrage Stories
Preview | 1m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
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.
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Discovering New York Suffrage Stories is a local public television program presented by BTPM 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...