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THE VOTE

Women weren't given the vote. They took it.
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  • (updated) Thursdays, Sept. 12 and Sept. 19, 2024 from 8-10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Learn about the first generation of leaders in the decades-long battle to win the vote for women. In the 19th century, a time women had few legal rights, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton galvanized thousands to demand equal citizenship.

A CELEBRATION OF TRAILBLAZING WOMEN

Join KPBS’s summer-long celebration of women trailblazers in honor of the women’s vote centennial, featuring special programming commemorating U.S. women’s suffrage, the feminist movement, and modern-day changemakers.

Follow the conversation online: #TrailblazersPBS

San Diego Women Reflect On 100 Years Of The 19th Amendment: Anne Hoiberg

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This year marks a century since the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Winning women the right to vote, however, was an effort launched decades before it was passed, with national and local campaigns securing small victories that led to final ratification in 1920.

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