Let the Women Vote!

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.