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History Detectives  Suffrage Pennant

Elyse Luray tracks this pennant to a pivotal place and time for women's voting rights. Details

 
 

Program: History Detectives

Episode: Suffrage Pennant

A purple and gold "Votes For Women" pennant opened our contributor to a side of her grandmother she never knew. Did this pennant belong to her grandmother, Addie Luther Blemly? Was Grandma part of the Women's Suffrage movement? HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray traces the pennant to a pivotal time and place in the fight for women's voting rights.

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Duration: (16:36)
Premiere Date: 09/20/2011
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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