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Recount the trials, tribulations and triumphs of two pioneers of the women’s movement. Now streaming.

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A Documentary about Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

Part 1: Revolution
Two women, one allegiance. Together Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for women everywhere, and their strong willpower and sheer determination still ripple through contemporary society. Part 1 of Ken Burns's Emmy® Award-winning documentary recounts the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of two pioneers striving to give birth to the women's movement.
Full Length 94m
Part 1: Revolution
Full Length
Part 1: Revolution
94m
Two women, one allegiance. Together Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for women everywhere, and their str
Part 2: Failure is Impossible
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Part 2: Failure is Impossible
89m 22s
Two women, one allegiance. Together Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for women everywhere, and their str
A Great Partnership
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A Great Partnership
2m 51s
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton may have been very different people, but together they formed a great – and co
Seneca Falls Convention
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Seneca Falls Convention
6m 56s
When Susan B. Anthony introduced the Declaration of Sentiments at the first convention on women's rights, she prompted a p
Women's Suffrage
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Women's Suffrage
3m 3s
Suffragettes fought for voting rights for American women, but some people struggled with the social changes that this brou
Winter Wheat
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Winter Wheat
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Suffragettes fought tirelessly for a woman's right to vote, but it was a difficult endeavor. Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth
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Two women. One allegiance. Together they fought for women everywhere, and their strong willpower and sheer determination still ripples through contemporary society.

Recount the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as they strive to give birth to the women’s movement. Not until their deaths was their shared vision of women’s suffrage realized.

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