Friday Freeview Screenings: The Vote

Take a 60-minute look inside this new four-hour, two-part documentary that tells the dramatic story of the epic crusade waged by American women for the right to vote.

The executive director of the Maryland Women's Heritage Center, Diana Bailey, will be on hand to answer questions and offer comments throughout the screening. RSVP below to register for this free and engaging event.

About The Vote: 

Focusing primarily on the movement’s militant and momentous final decade, the film charts American women’s determined march to the ballot box and illuminates the myriad social, political, and cultural obstacles that stood in their path. The Vote delves deeply into the animating controversies that divided the nation in the early 20th century – gender, race, state's rights, and political power – and offers an absorbing lesson in the delicate, often fractious dynamics of social change.

Timed to the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote is narrated by Kate Burton and features the voices of Mae Whitman (Alice Paul), Audra McDonald (Ida B. Wells), Laura Linney (Carrie Chapman Catt) and Patricia Clarkson (Harriot Stanton Blatch) as they portray some of the unsung warriors of the movement.

Written, directed and produced by Emmy Award-winner Michelle Ferrari and executive-produced by Mark Samels and Susan Bellows, The Vote premieres Monday and Tuesday, July 6-7, 9:00-11:00 pm ET on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on MPT, mpt.org and the MPT video app.

With funding from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, the documentary is part of the PBS Trailblazers summer programming lineup honoring the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage.