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American Experience "The Vote" Screening and Discussion

Courtesy of Library of Congress
Suffragists picket in front of the White House. Washington, D.C., February 1917.

FREE - Wed., June 17 at 6:30 p.m. on OVEE | View a special virtual screening and join the conversation on the arduous battle that finally led to the passage of the 19th Amendment. REGISTER HERE

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.

American Experience "The Vote" Screening and Discussion takes place Wednesday, June 17 at 6:30 p.m. on OVEE

Join American Experience producers and experts from the film for an exclusive preview screening, followed by a panel discussion. Guests are encouraged to ask questions and join the conversation.

THE PANELISTS

  • Susan Bellows
    American Experience Acting Executive Producer 
  • Michelle Ferrari
    Writer, Producer, and Director of The Vote
  • Marcia Chatelain
    Georgetown University Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of History and African American Studies
  • Ellen Carol DuBois
    Distinguished Research Professor and Historian

FREE WITH REGISTRATION
The event is free, but registration is required | REGISTER HERE

WHERE
Virtual screening on OVEE.

MORE 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.

The two-part American Experience documentary "The Vote" premieres July 6 and 7 on your local WKAR TV video.wkar.org and the PBS Video App.

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