THE VOTE
Women weren't given the vote. They took it.
HOW TO WATCH
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(updated) Thursdays, Sept. 12 and Sept. 19, 2024 from 8-10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Learn about the first generation of leaders in the decades-long battle to win the vote for women. In the 19th century, a time women had few legal rights, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton galvanized thousands to demand equal citizenship.
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Phyllis Wheatley Club, Buffalo, N.Y., was an affiliate of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. Founded in 1899, they established a settlement house in 1905. They developed programs to feed the hungry, donated books by Black authors to school libraries, established kindergartens, and organized mother’s clubs to teach parenting skills.
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Trixie Friganza between suffrage leaders. N.Y., 1908.
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Headquarters for Colored Women Voters. Chicago, Ill, 1916.
Courtesy of The New York Public Library
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Touring the state for suffrage, circa 1916.
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Alice Paul sews stars on flag marking state ratifications. Washington, D.C., 1920.
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Alice Paul. 1915.
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing
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Harriot Stanton Blatch, circa 1910-1915.
Courtesy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust
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Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance
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Ida B. Wells wearing a button she created to publicize a memorial service for African-American combatants court-martialed and hanged in Houston, Tex., in the summer of 1917. The button reads “In Memoriam Martyred Negro Soldiers Dec. 11, 1917."
Courtesy of University of Chicago
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Suffragist, "Mrs. Suffern," holding sign; crowd of boys and men behind. N.Y., 1914.
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The Great Demand, unveiled at the Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C. March 1913.
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Suffragists picket in front of the White House. Washington, D.C., February 1917.
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A CELEBRATION OF TRAILBLAZING WOMEN
Join KPBS’s summer-long celebration of women trailblazers in honor of the women’s vote centennial, featuring special programming commemorating U.S. women’s suffrage, the feminist movement, and modern-day changemakers.
Follow the conversation online: #TrailblazersPBS
San Diego Women Reflect On 100 Years Of The 19th Amendment: Anne Hoiberg
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Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. The astonishing personal story of a young Syrian mother's perseverance through the siege of Aleppo. Told as a love letter from a mother to her daughter, the film explores the agonizing dilemma of whether to abandon Aleppo and the fight for freedom. -
Friday, March 8, 2024 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + Encore Monday, March 11 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. Dive into the life and career of groundbreaking writer, performer and subversive star Mae West. Over a career spanning eight decades, she broke boundaries and possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s. -
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Encore Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers and critics on an exploration of the powerful themes she confronted throughout her literary career in this artful and intimate meditation that examines the life and work of the legendary storyteller. (no longer available On Demand) -
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“Marie Antoinette" Encore Sunday, Aug. 20 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + "The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution" Encore Sunday, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream the entire series now with KPBS Passport! Lucy Worsley travels across Britain and Europe visiting the incredible locations where Royal history was made. In beautiful palaces and castles and on dramatic battlefields she investigates how Royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology. -
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Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Celebrate trailblazing women in a special hour spotlighting outstanding contributions from female athletes, artists, activists, and more who left an indelible mark on the world around us through their thought-provoking objects and accomplishments. -
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 26 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with KPBS Passport! Join a team of archaeologists as they examine one of the most significant Viking graves ever found and test the DNA of the remains of the female warrior buried inside, rewriting our understanding of Viking society. -
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This year marks a century since the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Winning women the right to vote, however, was an effort launched decades before it was passed, with national and local campaigns securing small victories that led to final ratification in 1920.
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