6 Surprising Facts About the 19th Amendment

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PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Check out Antarctic Extremes on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpxYSWgxVt3Pyn1ovXsGQ0g 2020 marks 100 years of National Suffrage for women in the United States! Today Danielle looks back on the long road to ratification for the 19th Amendment. She explains how the Seneca Falls Convention wasn't seen as important at the time and how some of the most famous suffragists of the time (Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton) wrote a whole history book to ensure they were remembered. Special thanks to our Historian Harry Brisson on Patreon! Join him at https://www.patreon.com/originofeverything Created and Hosted by Danielle Bainbridge Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios #19thAmendment #Suffrage --- Works Cited: Fact 1: Bomboy, Scott. “The vote that led to the 19th Amendment.” National Constitution Center. Boyd, Tyler L. Tennessee Statesman Harry T. Burn: Woman Suffrage, Free Elections and a Life of Service. Arcadia Publishing, 2019. Cohen, Jennie. “The Mother Who Saved Suffrage: Passing the 19th Amendment.” History. Collins, Gail. “Editorial Observer; Women’s Suffrage: How Febb Burn and Her Son, Harry, Saved the Day.” The New York Times. Weiss, Elaine. The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. Penguin, 2019. Weiss, Elaine. “Women, Booze and the Vote.” The New York Times.

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