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One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, THE VOTE tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. Focusing primarily on the movement’s final decade, the film charts American women’s determined march to the ballot box, and illuminates the myriad social, political and cultural obstacles that stood in their path. THE VOTE delves into the controversies that divided the nation in the early 20th century — gender, race, state's rights, and political power — and reveals the fractious dynamics of social change. PART TWO (1916-1920) examines the mounting dispute over strategy and tactics, and reveals how the pervasive racism of the time, particularly in the South, impacted women's fight for the vote. Stung by a string of bitter state-level defeats in the fall of 1915, the suffragists decided to concentrate their energies on the passage of a federal amendment. Watch PART ONE: https://youtu.be/lbd4AQutUpY Official Website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/vote/ | #TheVotePBS © 2020 WGBH Educational Foundation 00:00 What would it take for American women to win the ballot? 03:06 Alice Paul Brings the Fight to Washington, D.C. 11:44 Carrie Chapman Catt and the 1916 Chicago Suffrage Parade 21:15 The Western States vs. Woodrow Wilson 31:34 Maud Wood Park’s “Front Door Lobby” 37:05 1917 The Silent Sentinels: Picketing the White House 43:50 How WWI Impacted the Suffrage Movement 51:21 Women’s War Work: A Patriotic 56:42 Suffragists Arrested for Picketing the White House (1917) 1:05:38 The Turning Point: New York Women Win the Vote 1:12:15 The “Night of Terror”: Prison & Hunger Strikes 1:18:46 Why Woodrow Wilson Finally Supported the 19th Amendment 1:23:15 How Race Shaped the Women's Suffrage Movement 1:33:45 The Brutal Fight for Ratification 1:38:00 Tennessee’s “War of the Roses” 1:47:48 Victory: The Legacy of the 19th Amendment #19thAmendment #History #WomensHistory #Voting This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: https://www.pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericanExperiencePBS?sub_confirmation=1 Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: https://to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Newsletter: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/#newsletter-signup Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBS/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs