How We Got the Vote

An educational film about the American Women’s Suffrage movement in the early 20th century. (1900-1920). Many stills of women’s rights leaders like Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, etc. Lots of protesting, marching, and picketing footage (mostly from the US, but also some of the “suffragettes” in Britain.) Footage of Emily Davidson’s martydrom/suicide at a king’s horse race and of the funeral procession. Footage of picketing of the white house and subsequent protests and arrests. Footage of the passage of the 19th amendment.