The Year That Was

Do You Expect Us to Turn Back Now: Alice Paul and the Fight for Woman Suffrage



June 28th, 2020  •  55 mins 48 secs  •  Download (38.4 MB)  •  Link with Timestamp

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Women in the United States began fighting for the right to vote in 1848, and by 1910 they had achieved a few hard-won victories. But success nationwide seemed out of reach. Then Alice Paul arrived on the scene with a playbook of radical protest strategies and an indomitable will. She focused in on one target: the president, Woodrow Wilson. How far would Paul and her fellow suffragists have to go to get Wilson's support?