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Matilda Joslyn Gage

Learn about the key players in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, like Matilda Joslyn Gage.

Aired 02/01/2021

Discovering New York Suffrage Stories

Matilda Joslyn Gage

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Learn about the key players in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, like Matilda Joslyn Gage.

This segment introduces Matilda Joslyn Gage. Gage spoke at women’s rights conventions, gaining fame by her speeches; though, it was Susan B. Anthony who would become the face of the movement. See how Native American women influenced Gage’s beliefs on women’s rights and how these three leaders went on to publish the first few volumes of the History of the Women’s Suffrage.

Aired 02/01/2021

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Discovering New York Suffrage Stories is a local public television program presented by BTPM PBS

Major support for Discovering New York Suffrage Stories was provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor and by the Susan Howarth Foundation and KeyBank in...

Zitkala - Sa

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Zitkala-Sa, a Dakota suffragist who advocated for Native American and woman's rights. (3m 33s)

We Rise - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

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The untold story of how Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s fight for suffrage led to leadership. (5m 20s)

Tease and Introduction

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Discover the history of women’s suffrage, and how New York played a critical role. (4m 5s)

Queer Suffragists

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‘Queer Suffragist’ explores the non-heterosexual and non-traditional gender presentations. (5m 29s)

Paulina Wright Davis

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Learn about Paulina Wright Davis and how women were forced to focus on another cause. (4m 3s)

Matilda Joslyn Gage

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Learn about the key players in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, like Matilda Joslyn Gage. (4m 25s)

Mary Talbert

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Learn about how Mary Talbert affected change in her Buffalo community for women of color. (4m 17s)

Hester Jeffrey

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Learn about Hester Jeffrey's role in bringing black women to the conversation on equality. (5m 19s)

Conclusion - Credits

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See how the fight for voting rights for women of color continued until the 1960s. (3m 23s)

Trailer | Discovering New York Suffrage Stories

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Meet diverse New York women who battled oppression and racism in their fight for the vote. (1m 26s)

Religion and Reform in the “Burned-Over District”

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Religion in Western New York’s “Burned-Over District” fired reform movements in the 1800s. (4m)

Haudenosaunee: Women and Governance

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Learn how Haudenosaunee women have enjoyed political equity for a thousand years. (4m 8s)

Black Women and the Fight for Justice

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During the suffrage movement, Black women experienced a different world than White women. (5m 27s)

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Discovering New York Suffrage Stories is a local public television program presented by BTPM PBS

Major support for Discovering New York Suffrage Stories was provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor and by the Susan Howarth Foundation and KeyBank in...

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