The Citizenship Project

By One Vote: Woman Suffrage in the South Trailer

Clip: Episode 5 | 30s | Video has closed captioning.

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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

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The Citizenship Project is a local public television program presented by NPT.

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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