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Humanities New York Resource Guide: NYS Women’s Suffrage Centennial

Resource Guide: NYS Women’s Suffrage Centennial. Sara Ogger, Scarlett Rebman, Antonio Pontón-Núñez, Nicholas MacDonald. Humanities New York, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Fiction, Book-Non-Fiction, Curated Photos/Ephemera, Essay, Film, Pamphlets

This 31-page document (click the button below to download it as a PDF) contains myriad useful resources for those interested in teaching—or learning—about the 100th anniversary of women getting the […] Read More

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Film: “The Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote,” 2017

The Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote. Director: Yoshie Lewis. Pretzel Pictures, LLC, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Documentary Film

The Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote is a historical TV documentary that tells the story of Tennessee’s crucial role in the adoption of the 19th Amendment. About the film: […] Read More

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Documentary: California Women Win the Vote!

California Women Win the Vote! Directors: Martha Wheelock, Marita Simpson. Performers: Melanie Jones, Maggie McCollester, Anne Perrah, et al. Ishtar Films, 2011.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Documentary Film

This short documentary, narrated by Bonnie Franklin, tells the history of the suffragist political campaign that resulted in California becoming the first US state to grant women the right to […] Read More

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Film: Votes for Women (1912)

Votes for Women. Director: Hal Reid. Performers: Edgena De Lespine, Gertrude Robinson, Sue Balfour, et. al. Reliance Film Company, 1912.

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Film

This seminal short drama—which silent-film historian Kevin Brownlow has called “the first important suffrage film”—was written and produced in cooperation with prominent suffragists, several of whom also appeared in cameo […] Read More

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Film: 80 Million Women Want—?

80 Million Women Want—?. Director: Will Louis. Performers: Ronald Everett, Ethel Jewett, George Henry, Emmeline Pankhurst, Harriot Stanton Blatch. Unique Film Co., 1913.

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Documentary Film, Film, Video

While not quite propaganda, this classic 1913 silent film (also—and perhaps more commonly—known as “What 80 Million Women Want”) had a clear political message: Allow women to vote—doing so might […] Read More

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Video: The Oratory of Women’s Suffrage

The Oratory of Women's Suffrage. New York, NY: Films Media Group, 2005.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Documentary Film, Speech, Video, Web-based

The Oratory of Women’s Suffrage is a video documentary that recreates the speeches of leading suffragists whose impassioned words shaped the women’s movement during its inception in the late 19th century. It […] Read More