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The Vote (Airs for 3 weeks on American Experience) – Channel 11 / WTTW

September 8, 2020 All day

WTTW (Channel 11; www.wttw.com) will air The Vote for 3 weeks beginning Tuesday, September 8 on American Experience. Meet the unsung heroes of the movement and relive the fiery, dramatic and unrelenting campaign that led to passage of the 19th Amendment, granting American women the vote and ushering in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history:

Hour One

The first generation of leaders in the decades-long battle to win the vote for women are profiled.

Tue, Sep 8 at 8:00 pm on WTTW
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Wed, Sep 9 at 6:00 am on WTTW Prime
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Thu, Sep 10 at 12:30 am on WTTW
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Fri, Sep 11 at 6:00 pm on WTTW Create
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Fri, Sep 11 at 11:00 pm on WTTW World
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Sun, Sep 13 at 6:00 pm on WTTW Prime
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Hour Two

Explore the strategies used by a new generation of leaders determined to win the vote for women.

Tue, Sep 15 at 8:00 pm on WTTW
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Wed, Sep 16 at 6:00 am on WTTW Prime
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Thu, Sep 17 at 12:30 am on WTTW
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Fri, Sep 18 at 6:00 pm on WTTW Create
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Fri, Sep 18 at 11:00 pm on WTTW World
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Sun, Sep 20 at 6:00 pm on WTTW Prime
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Hour Three

Discover how pervasive racism, particularly in the South, impacted women’s fight for the vote.

Tue, Sep 22 at 8:00 pm on WTTW
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Wed, Sep 23 at 6:00 am on WTTW Prime
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Thu, Sep 24 at 12:30 am on WTTW
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Fri, Sep 25 at 6:00 pm on WTTW Create
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Fri, Sep 25 at 11:00 pm on WTTW World
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Sun, Sep 27 at 6:00 pm on WTTW Prime
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Hour Four

Meet the women whose tireless work would ban discrimination at U.S. polls on the basis of sex.

Tue, Sep 29 at 10:00 pm on WTTW
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Wed, Sep 30 at 8:00 am on WTTW Prime
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Thu, Oct 1 at 12:30 am on WTTW
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Fri, Oct 2 at 6:00 pm on WTTW Create
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Fri, Oct 2 at 11:00 pm on WTTW World
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Sun, Oct 4 at 6:00 pm on WTTW Prime
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Date:
September 8, 2020
Event Category:

WTTW