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Women's Suffrage

Winning The Vote

The history of women's voting rights in America.

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American suffragette leader Harriet Stanton Blatch

American suffragette leader Harriet Stanton Blatch. — Photo by Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

Contrary to what most people think, it wasn't until 1920, when women were granted the right to vote that Americans truly voted on a national level.

Independent producer, Sandra Sleight-Brennan interviewed several women who recalled what it was like fighting for their right to vote.

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