FTV 202 The American Woman, Part Two
This week on From The Vault we are excited to present a recently restored series from 1959 and 1960 called The American Woman. This comprehensive 14-part series is a masterpiece of scholarly research that profiles women in America from the colonial era in the 1600′s, through the Abolition and Suffrage Movements in the 1800′s, including the ongoing struggle of women for social justice.
Special guest commentator, Cultural Herstorian Amy Simon, guides us through Part Two of The American Woman, in which KPFA producer Virginia Maynard profiles Abolitionist Movement advocate Lucretia Mott. We also hear a dramatization of the landmark Women’s Rights Conference in Seneca Falls New York in 1948, where Elizabeth Cady Stanton read the “Declaration of Independence for Women,” and a dramatization of Sojourner Truth presenting her famous “Ain’t I A Woman” speech at the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio in 1857.
The American Woman was preserved thanks to a grant from the American Archive Pilot Program.
From the Vault is proudly presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project.
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