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Citizens At Last

Suffragists getting ready to campaign for the vote in Texas. Eleanor Brackenridge and Mrs. H.P. Drought are inside the car. The home in the background belongs to Brackenridge and her brother, George. Circa 1916 or 1917.
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Suffragists getting ready to campaign for the vote in Texas. Eleanor Brackenridge and Mrs. H.P. Drought are inside the car. The home in the background belongs to Brackenridge and her brother, George. Circa 1916 or 1917.

Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand

"Citizens At Last" celebrates the persistence of Texas suffragists to organize, demonstrate, and win the vote for women. The film explores the strategic role Texas women played in the national suffrage movement and exposes the pro-Jim Crow policies of the anti-suffragists who stood in their way.

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Credits:

Producer: Ellen C. Temple. Producer, Director, Writer: Nancy Schiesari. Consulting Producer: Karen Bernstein. Writer: Laura Furman. Additional Writer & Consultant: Rachel M. Gunter, Ph.D. Principal Editor: Michelle Nehme. Narrator: Franchelle Stewart Dorn. Filmmaker bios