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Women's History Programming

WXXI celebrates the accomplishments and contributions of women with documentaries and stories that spotlight women's experiences in history. 

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Women's History Programming

Teaching Women's Suffrage with PBS LearningMedia
Teaching Women's Suffrage is a PBS LearningMedia collection of video clips, lesson plans, and primary sources details key figures, events, and regional movements of the decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. Students will encounter activists including Sojourner Truth, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Grace Abbott, and examine key regional efforts within the movement. Primary source documents offer evidence for a study of the chronology of campaign for women’s suffrage, from the movement's beginnings through the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Go to the Collection > 
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Celebrate 2020: Suffrage Moments Audio Profiles
Acclaimed American soprano and Public Radio Host Kearstin Piper Brown takes listeners on a journey through women’s suffrage, with WXXI’s Suffrage Moments. Listen On-Demand and tune-in to hear them on Classical 91.5 and AM 1370.
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E-Learning Adventure On-Demand: Unstoppable: The Road to Women's Rights
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, take an e-learning field trip through history: Unstoppable: The Road to Women’s Rights. Available On-Demand
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Celebrate 2020: Video Profiles
WXXI’s Celebrate 2020 proudly features moments in women’s history that had their roots and connections to Rochester. Watch On-Demand and also see the profiles on WXXI-TV. 
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Watch On-Demand Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I am Susan B. Anthony
Xavier Riddle meets Susan B. Anthony! Watch On-Demand
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American Masters: Unladylike
Illuminating the stories of extraordinary American heroines from the early years of feminism, American Masters — Unladylike2020 is a multimedia series consisting of a one-hour special for broadcast and 26 digital short films featuring courageous, little-known and diverse female trailblazers from the turn of the 20th century.
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Connections with Evan Dawson: Celebrate 2020 Topic Podcasts
This year, the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. 2020 also marks suffragist Susan B. Anthony’s 200th birthday and the 75th anniversary of the museum. Listen On-Demand to Connections Podcasts that focus on this topic
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Watch On-Demand Metcalfe Park: Black Vote Rising
Follow a mother and daughter team as they prepare their Milwaukee community for the 2020 presidential election. 
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PBS Digital Studios Playlist: Race, civil rights, and the American justice system on-demand playlist
A playlist of content from PBS Digital Studios and friends that addresses race, civil rights history, and the American justice system.
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DISCOVERING NEW YORK SUFFRAGE STORIES ON-DEMAND
The 70-year fight for suffrage began in Central and Western New York, an epicenter of reform. Women began their battle for the vote  in the mid-1800s. This part of the upstate region was an epicenter of reform, tackling societal issues like abolition, religion, temperance, and women’s rights. Success depended on many women whose stories are often forgotten.  Watch On-Demand & Access Classroom Resources
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Watch On-Demand American Experience: The Vote
Watch Part 1 and Part 2 On-Demand: This film, tells the dramatic story of the epic — and surprisingly unfamiliar — crusade waged by American women for the right to vote.
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Loretta Lynn: My Story in My Words
Saturday, March 27, 2021 - 10:00pm
on WXXI-TV
Celebrate the country music legend and her classic songs with this biographical portrait that lets Lynn tell her own life story.
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American Masters: Twyla Moves
Friday, March 26, 2021 - 9:00pm
on WXXI-TV
American Masters presents this exploration of the life of legendary dancer, director, and choreographer Twyla Tharp. 
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American Masters: Flannery
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 8:00pm
on WXXI-TV
Flannery is the lyrical, intimate exploration of the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style influenced a generation of artists and activists. 
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Independent Lens: Coded Bias
Monday, March 22, 2021 - 10:00pm
on WXXI-TV
While conducting research on facial recognition technology at the MIT Media Lab, computer scientist Joy Buolamwini made the startling discovery that the algorithm could not detect dark-skinned faces or women with accuracy. 
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Renée Fleming Night
Friday, March 19, 2021 - 8:30pm
on WXXI-TV
This Friday is dedicated to Renée Fleming.
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