Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon narrates this educational installment of the popular "American Experience" series as it examines the 72-year struggle for a woman's right to vote. Segments focus on influential figures in the women's suffrage movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul; the country's widespread fear of social revolution; and the U.S. Senate's passage of the 19th Amendment by a single vote.

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At 8.46AM on September 11th 2001, American Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade...

A Danish writer travels to Mexico with the purpose of locating a mysterious Apache tribe that ferven...
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A dream walk through the United States of America; a meditation on the thoughts and ideals of its in...

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, ...