Until the 1870s, women were considered the property of their husbands. Because of this, women weren't allowed to own property and this even went to custody of their children. Women desired to be more fully part of the nation to be considered full citizens and to earn the right to vote.

From pioneering activists of all races like indigenous politician Gertrude Bonnin to black Progressive Era leaders like Nellie Griswold Francis, the vote was seen as a mark of fuller citizenship and tool of change for concerns like healthcare, children, and women’s rights. Celebrate these suffragists on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with "Citizen".

0:00:00 A prewomen's vote ballot box
0:00:58 "The most fundamental right you can have in a democracy"
0:02:20 The importance of the women's vote
0:03:14 Women and children as property
0:05:03 The beginning of the suffragist movement
0:06:00 Abolitionism and the suffragist movement
0:07:56 Women's suffrage in Minnesota
0:08:28 Sarah Berger Stearns: The power of a community of women
0:10:35 The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments: limited citizenship and white privilege
0:12:53 Julia B. Nelson: the intersectionality of freedom
0:17:19 The link between temperance and suffrage
0:19:00 The right to vote in education, inching towards freedom
0:20:25 Minnesota Women Suffrage Association
0:22:05 Dr. Martha Ripley: Changing the age of consent in Minnesota from age 10
0:26:40 Battling for women's right to vote
0:28:09 Suffragism becomes more and more antiimmigrant and racist
0:30:10 Clara Ueland: One of the mother's of progressivism
0:33:25 Nellie Francis: Suffragism and race
0:36:44 Marie Bottineau Baldwin: Indigenous and Native female activist
0:41:15 "A woman's body is a site of public opinion"
0:42:10: The arts and women's voting rights
0:48:24 Different strategies for the same fight
0:50:00 Minnesota becomes the 15th state to ratify the 19th amendment
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Womens Suffrage Movement resources: https://tpt.pbslearningmedia.org/coll...
Nellie Griswold Francis, MinneHistory: https://tpt.pbslearningmedia.org/reso...

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