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One Woman, One Vote

106 minutes, produced in 1996 by PBS.

How could the United States of America call itself the world's greatest democracy but deny the right to vote to more than half its citizens?  Why did so many people, men as well as women, vehemently oppose giving women the right to vote, and how was this attitude overcome?

ONE WOMAN, ONE VOTE is the story of the 70-year battle for women's suffrage, the right for women to vote.  It is the story of the struggles of the leaders and women who fought along side them.  From Elizabeth Cady Stanton's electrifying call for women's rights at Seneca Falls in 1848, to the last no-holds-barred fight in 1920, this film illuminates the story of the fledgling alliances that grew into a sophisticated mass movement.  To the end, crusaders faced entrenched opposition from men and women who feared that the women's vote would ignite into a social revolution. The films portrays the movements leaders, among them Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul, who gave their lives to making America a true democracy.