Let the Women Vote!

From homesteading and drafting of new constitutions to the effect of the Civil War, many events brought about the women’s movement in the West.

Premiere Date
March 1, 1999
Length
60 minutes
Funding Initiative
Open Call
  • Award laurels-r Created with Sketch.
    1999 American Women in Radio and Television, Inc.-Gracie, Best Television Documentary-Local Market
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    1999 Broadcast Education Association-First Place, Television Documentary Division
    • Producer

    Louise Degn

    After receiving her M.A. in newspaper journalism from Northwestern University, Louise Degn worked for KSL Television in Salt Lake City as a broadcast reporter. At 23 years of age, she was only the second female broadcast reporter in Salt Lake City. Degn is now a radio and television documentary filmmaker, and associate director of the communications… Show more department at the University of Utah. Show less

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    The Film

    Let the Women Vote! looks at the social and political contexts surrounding woman’s suffrage. From the homesteading tradition, in which western women engaged in hard labor with men, to the drafting of new constitutions for Western territories, and the effect of the Civil War, the program reveals the many changes in America that brought about the women’s movement in the West. The program combines archival photographs and historical political cartoons with contemporary recreations and cinematography to bring to life the story of how women in the West gained the vote.

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