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WOUB is partnering with several libraries to screen “Let Ohio Women Vote” documentary during Women’s History Month
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ATHENS, OH – Let Ohio Women Vote illuminates the long fight for women’s suffrage in Ohio while uncovering some surprising history and connections to national events. The film also does some “myth busting” along the way. The film was produced by southwest Ohio’s Public Media Connect – CET in Cincinnati and ThinkTV in Dayton.
“WOUB is thrilled to hold multiple screenings of the film in partnership with several libraries throughout the region during the month of March (See Schedule Below),” said WOUB Community Engagement Manager Cheri Russo. “Ohio had a critical, yet little known, role in the Women’s Suffrage movement and the film shines a light on that.”
In 1828, two decades before the famous Seneca Falls convention, free-thinking social reformer Frances “Fanny” Wright kicked off a lecture tour in Cincinnati about women’s rights, abolition of slavery and equal education for children. In 1835, Ohio women began organizing all-female anti-slavery societies, some of which soon called for universal suffrage for all.
In addition to looking at activism before Seneca Falls in 1948, Let Ohio Women Vote explores a much longer timeline for all women to achieve ballot access in the years after 1920 and the role that Ohio played in making it happen. Throughout the film, viewers will meet some incredible trailblazing women with roots in Ohio or who called Ohio home.
“Ohio women really led the way. Some Ohio women are fairly well-known for their activism — like Mary Church Terrell, who was a founding member of the NAACP, and Victoria Woodhull, who ran for President in 1872,” lead producer Ann Rotolante from ThinkTV in Dayton and CET in Cincinnati said. “But there’s a lot of surprising history in our state with quite a few connections to the national suffrage movement that are not as well known.”
This film was made possible by Ohio Humanities, Ohio History Connection, The John Hauck Foundation, The Susan Howarth Foundation, The Murray & Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation, The Robert Gould Foundation, The Stephen H. Wilder Foundation and Francie & John Pepper.
Screening Schedule
March 1, 6 p.m.
Coshocton Library, Coshocton, Ohio
Hybrid Event
https://www.coshoctonlibrary.org/content/let-ohio-women-vote-0
March 15, 6 p.m.
Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library, Chillicothe, Ohio
Hybrid Event
https://crcploh.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=23455&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2022/03/01
March 17, 3:30 p.m.
Ohio University Libraries, Athens
Hybrid Event
https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/let_ohio_women_vote_screening_and_panel_discussion
March 22, 3:30 p.m.
Muskingum County Library System – Zanesville, Ohio
In-Person Event