The films below may be useful for locating additional information on the suffrage movement. The amount of material available on the Suffrage Movement makes it difficult to create a comprehensive list; thus this is meant to only be a starting point. Many of these materials can be found in Rochester area libraries. Search Worldcat.org to find out where you can get these materials.
- Alice Paul: We Were Arrested, Of Course, a documentary about Alice Paul. The story of Alice Paul and America’s militant suffragist who were arrested thrown into prison and forcibly fed for demanding women’s right to vote. Includes rare archival footage and dramatic re-enactments. Produced by EPH Productions, 28 min., available through EPH Productions (Tel: 312-583-1024)
- The American Experience: One Woman, One Vote, a history of the seventy-year battle for women’s suffrage, produced and written by Ruth Pollak, 1 hour 46 minutes, available through PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/OneWomanOneVote/
- An American Revolution: Women Take Their Place, a documentary about the statue sculpted by Adelaide Johnson in 1921 depicting Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the struggle to have it displayed permanently in the U.S. Congress. Produced by Third Wave Television, Inc., 1998, 30 min., available through Third Wave TV (Tel: 203-622-1372)
- Generations: American Women Win the Vote. VHS color video that covers 72 years of suffrage history. 12-1/2 min., available through VOTE 70, Inc., Attn: Paula F. Casey, 109 N. Main St., #812, Memphis, TN 38103. ($33.95 incl. shipping)
- How We Got The Vote. Distributed by Republic Pictures Home video. Produced by: Post Newsweek production, part of a series called The American Documents. Narrated by: Jean Stapleton.
- Isaac and Amy Post, Early Rochester Activists. Produced by Ellen and Joel Swartz in Rochester, NY. 6 min., black & white.
- Lucretia Mott, a historical drama. The story of Lucretia Mott, Quaker minister, woman’s rights advocate, and social reformer who steadfastly worked for justice and equality against overwhelming odds. Produced by EPH Productions, 58 min., available through EPH Productions (Tel: 312-583-1024)
- Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony. A documentary by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes, 1999, 3.5 hours, available through PBS. http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/.
- Women Of Faith Series, John Knox Press, 60 minutes each. Series of four tapes which each gives 12 five-minute portraits on individual women of faith throughout history. Tape #1 – Mary Dyer, Sojourner Truth, Narcissa Whitman, Antoinette Brown, Harriet Tubman, Lucretia Mott, Bright Eyes, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida Wells Barnett, Julie Ward Howe, Prudence Crandall, Ann Lee. Tape #2 – Anna Howard Shaw, Nancy Ward, The Grinke Sisters, Lucy Larcom, Ann Judson, Francis Willard, Mary McLeod Bethune, Henrietta Szold, Phyllis Wheatley, Margaret Sanger, Lucy Stone, Mary Livermore. Tape #3 – Jane Grey Swisshelm, Mary Church Terrell, Mother Joseph, Carola Woerishoffer, Lottie Moon, Maria Fearing, Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, Eliza Daniel Stewart, Donaldina Cameron, Maud Nathan, Edmonia Lewis, Sara Major. Tape #4 – Frances Perkins, Lillias Horton Underwood, St. Elizabeth Seton, Eva Bowles, Anne Hutchinson, Alice Brown Davis, Minnie Vautrin, Helen Barrett Montgomery, Kapiolani, Florence Allen, Mary Martin Sloop, Margaret Haughery.