An American Revolution: Women Take Their Place

This is the story of three courageous women, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, and Lucretia Mott, who changed the course of women's lives forever. These American revolutionaries dedicated their lives to the battle for women's rights. After 72 years of struggle, women finally won the right to vote. This is also the story of a statue honoring these women that was dedicated in 1921 in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Within days it was banished to the basement crypt. Not until 76 years later would Congress allow its return. The very first statue honoring women in the Rotunda now stands with America's leaders. Narrated by Lynn Sherr of ABC News, this program includes live footage of the statue move, the rededication ceremony andnever-before-seen archival material tracing the struggle for women's rights that started in 1848.
Noted historians, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and leading Capitol legislators and insiders discuss the statue, its significance and the hard-fought campaign to gain the critical Congressional support needed to put the statue back in its rightful place

"Women need see themselves as actors and participants in American history. I think there is a very crucial connection between being visible with your history in the past and empowering yourself in the present and the future".
Edith Mayo, Smithsonian

"Excellent summary of the women's suffrage movement".
Library Journal