The Race to Ratification

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The Race to Ratification American Experience

Premiered August 18, 2020

The Race to Ratification

New York women came together to push for their state’s ratification of the 19th Amendment.

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New York women came together to push for their state’s ratification of the 19th Amendment.

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The Race to Ratification

The dramatic story of the hard-fought campaign by American women for the right to vote.

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Alice Paul joined the 'suffragettes' while studying in London to demand the right to vote.

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Alice Paul: The Militant

Black women played an essential role in the suffrage movement.

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Black Suffragists

Watch a preview of Part One of The Vote.

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Chapter 1 | The Vote, Part 1

The hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote.

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Extended Trailer | The Vote | American Experience

Is the U.S. at a tipping point in the nearly 100-year-long fight to ratify the ERA?

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From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA

Ida B. Wells was a prominent journalist who exposed racial violence in the South.

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Ida B Wells : The Advocate

Celebrate the strategies and tactics of the movement in a new interactive experience.

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She Resisted

They united to abolish slavery and advance the rights of women in the 19th Century.

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The Early Suffragists

Before women's suffrage, Black women led the fight for voting rights—and still do today.

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The Ongoing Fight

Carrie Chapman Catt was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

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Carrie Chapman Catt: The Politician

Harriot S. Blatch believed working-class women were the key to win the ballot.

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Harriot Stanton Blatch: I Believe in Women

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