The Citizenship Project

By One Vote | The Citizenship Project | NPT

Episode 5 | 57m 45s | Video has closed captioning.

In August 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee legislators cast the deciding vote to ratify the 19th Amendment, thus giving women in the United States the right to vote. Narrated by Rosanne Cash, NPT’s original documentary BY ONE VOTE: WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN THE SOUTH chronicles events leading up to that turbulent, nail-biting showdown.

Aired: 11/21/19

Rating: NR

Problems Playing Video? | Closed Captioning

NPT’s The Citizenship Project is made possible by the support of Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area and the First Tennessee Foundation.

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