Women's Suffrage (2003)
Louisiana: A History
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Documentary
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2003-09-16
Duration: 00:00:38
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage | VOTING RIGHTS
Contributors:
- Laudun, Tika Producer
- Whitfield, Lynn Narrator
Description
This excerpt from the series “Louisiana: A History” features a look back at women gaining the right to vote in 1920, due, in part, to the efforts of New Orleans suffragists Elizabeth Lyle Saxon, Caroline Merrick, Kate Gordon, and Jean Gordon. Narrator: Lynn Whitfield