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WHM 2020: Films

Valiant Women of the Vote - Our 2020 theme celebrates the women who have fought for a woman's right to vote in the United States

Historical Songbook circa 1915

Songbook - Votes for Women Suffragettes

Films for Women's History Month on Films on Demand Database

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 The first installment in Ken Burns's remarkable documentary on the women's suffrage movement, this program depicts the early years of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.  With the help of rarely seen archival materials and voice-over portrayals by well-known actors, viewers learn how the ideas of both women came to maturity and how they became allies in the struggle for women's rights.  Distributed by PBS.  A part of the series Not for Ourselves Alone:  The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony -- A Film by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes (94 minutes).
 

Watch this short (27 minute) film clip from the program, The Constitution: Fixed or Flexible? - Democracy in America.