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The Women (1964-06-28)
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Women have come a long way in the world of politics since Thomas Jefferson declared, "The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared." Times have changed since 1872 when Victoria C. Woodhull ran for President on the Equal Rights Party ticket and lost to Ulysses S. Grant. Women fought to get the right to vote and the suffrage movement in 1848 sparked the way that led to the constitutional amendment of 1920. More recently, in 1961, the importance of the role of women in the American scene was especially emphasized when President Kennedy established a President's Commission on the Status of Women. And in March, 1964, President Johnson appointed one hundred and nine women to high federal positions. Of course, both political parties have long had a special interest in the woman's vote. This episode traces the history of women in politics, highlights with film women who have emerged in important political and world roles - such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Clare Booth Luce, Eugenia Anderson, Anna Rosenberg, covers a class of the Women's National Republican Club School of Politics in New York City conducted by William J. Walsh, visits the recent nation…
Directors & creators
National Educational Television and Radio Center
Subjects
women in politics, Victoria Woodhull, Equal Rights Party, suffrage movement, 19th Amendment, Eleanor Roosevelt, Clare Booth Luce, Women's Strike for Peace, League of Women Voters, Women's National Republican Club, 1964 election, feminism, political history, National Educational Television, Anna Rosenberg
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