This documentary celebrates the persistence of Texas suffragists to organize, demonstrate, and win the vote for women. The film explores the strategic role Texas women -white, Black and Latina- played in the national suffrage movement and exposes the pro-Jim Crow policies of the anti-suffragists who stood in their way. For more information, please visit: https://www.citizensatlastfilm.com/
Citizens At Last is a local public television program presented by Austin PBS
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Citizens At Last is a local public television program presented by Austin PBS