Event Date: June 24, 2020
Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Women’s Vote with Sneak Preview Screening
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Join WITF Wednesday, June 24 at 7pm for a virtual sneak preview of the new American Experience series The Vote before it premieres on WITF TV. Afterward, join WITF Reporter and All Things Considered host Julia Agos as she moderates a panel discussion about the film with:
- Amy Ensley — Director of the Hankey Center for the History of Women’s Education at Wilson College
- Sonja Waters — President of the Harrisburg Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
- Eileen Olmsted — Director of Communications for the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters
This event is supported by Signature Sponsor the lawfirm of McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC., with additional support from the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association and The Drexel Group Inc.
Can’t make the preview event? Watch the full broadcast premiere on WITF TV July 6 & 7 at 8pm.
ABOUT THE VOTE
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.
In its final decade, from 1909 to 1920, movement leaders wrestled with contentious questions about the most effective methods for affecting social change. They debated the use of militant, even violent tactics, as well as hunger strikes and relentless public protests. The battle for the vote also upended previously accepted ideas about the proper role of women in American society and challenged the definitions of citizenship and democracy.
Exploring how and why millions of 20th-century Americans mobilized for — and against — women’s suffrage, The Vote brings to life the unsung leaders of the movement and the deep controversies over gender roles and race that divided Americans then — and continue to dominate political discourse today.
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