A woman who grew up in Puerto Rico talks about the US government's campaign to sterlize women and test birth control pills without informed consent.
Three generations of Black women talk about their voting experiences. Growing up in the South under Jim Crow meant that voting was impossible or dangerous. After the Voting Rights Act in the 1960s, community services improved when Black candidates were elected. A young Black woman voting for the first time could vote for the first woman of color as Vice President.
The story of American women’s long and arduous fight for a voice in the laws and policies that affect their daily lives – from no vote in 1789 to the 19th amendment; Jim Crow to the 1965 Voting Rights Acts; 2013 Shelby v. Holder to voter suppression today.
