Women and the Vote
Clip: Season 2 Episode 7 | 2m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
A historic look at the 75-year struggle for women to be able to cast a vote.
The year 2020 marked the one hundredth anniversary of the 19th Amendment protecting a woman's right to vote. However, winning that right was neither easy nor fast. C. Morgan Grefe, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Historical Society explains the 75-year struggle for women in Rhode Island and around the country to finally be able to cast a vote.
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Women and the Vote
Clip: Season 2 Episode 7 | 2m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
The year 2020 marked the one hundredth anniversary of the 19th Amendment protecting a woman's right to vote. However, winning that right was neither easy nor fast. C. Morgan Grefe, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Historical Society explains the 75-year struggle for women in Rhode Island and around the country to finally be able to cast a vote.
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