The Abolitionists from American Experience highlights the lives and work of six abolitionists, three men and three women, who dedicated their lives to end slavery.
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Into Light is the story of Inez Milholland who gave her life for woman suffrage in America.
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The Vote by American Experience is a documentary series created to show the many sides of the woman suffrage movement on its 100th anniversary.
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Prohibition is a documentary that highlights the rise and fall of the 18th Amendment. It centers on the women behind the temperance movement, like the WCTU, Anti-Saloon League, and prominent figures like Carrie Nation.
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The Roosevelts is a documentary that dives deep into the lives and work of Teddy, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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The Rape of Recy Taylor is a documentary film about the life and rape of Recy Taylor-- arguably the spark for the Montgomery Civil Rights movement.
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RBG is a documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A much watch in any history class about the last century.
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Harriet is about the life accomplishments of Harriet Tubman.
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The Conspirator is about Mary Surratt, the first woman executed by the federal government in US history. Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln... it doesn't quite pass the Bechdel Test.
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Little Women is one of several film adaptations of Louisa May Alcotts book about a family of women in New England who's father is off fighting.
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Iron Jawed Angels tells the story of American Women suffragists in the final push for the 19th Amendment.
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Till tells the story of Emmett Till from the perspective of his mother, who made the controversial choice to publicly display his body in Chicago after he was brutally lynched in Mississippi. She fought to secure his legacy and ensure he did not die in vain.
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Jackie is a biopic about Jackie Kennedy's experience after the assassination of her husband as she shaped his legacy.
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On the Basis of Sex is a film about the early career and landmark cases taken on by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, future second woman nominated to the Supreme Court.
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She said is the story of the two female reporters at the New York Times who broke the story about Harvey Weinstein's sexual violence and exploitation of young women and the system of Hollywood executives who protected him.
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Jamestown is a historical fiction series about tobacco brides who arrive in Jamestown shortly after it's settled. None of the events are true, but it's fun to imagine this unique world these women entered.
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Self Made is a TV series about the life and career of Madam CJ Walker, the first female millionaire in US history.
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Mrs. America is about the many women from diverse backgrounds on both sides of the Equal Rights Amendment movement.
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