Simple Justice: Suffrage in South Dakota SDPB’s New Multiplatform Project
This summer, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote in the United States, SDPB honors and commemorates those who fought for women’s suffrage in the U.S., the feminist movement throughout the 20th century, and the stories of modern women who continue to shatter the glass ceiling and transform modern history.
In partnership with PBS and WGBH-Boston, SDPB is producing a documentary, series of radio interviews, and online content to tell the stories of South Dakota’s suffrage activists, those in favor and those opposed. The title of the project, Simple Justice: Suffrage in South American Masters Toni Morrison — Dakota, is based on a quote from Maj. John A. Pickler The Pieces I Am of Faulkton. Pickler was a South Dakota state legislator Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her during the 1880s and later, a U.S. Congressman. Pickler peers and critics on an exploration of the and his wife Alice worked for many years to see suffrage powerful themes she confronted throughout measures proposed and debated. her literary career in this artful and intimate “I have had my convictions since my college days,” meditation that examines the life and work of Maj. Pickler said, “that simple justice demands that the legendary storyteller. American Masters woman should have the ballot, and in this opinion Toni Morrison—The Pieces I Am casts the iconic I am warmly seconded by my wife, who desires to author in a light that readers won’t catch from vote, as I think all sensible women should.” her novels. The Picklers were among dozens of politically SDPB1: Tuesday, June 23, 7pm (6 MT) active individuals from towns and cities across SDPB2: Friday, June 26, 7pm (6 MT) South Dakota. Some worked their entire lives either for or against woman suffrage, but many also worked energetically on other issues of the day, such as prohibition and immigrants’ American Masters Mae West—Dirty Blonde rights. Dive into the life and career of groundbreaking writer, Learn more about those activists and the performer and subversive star Mae West. The American SDPB project online at Film Institute named her 15th among the greatest female SDPB.org/TheVoteSD stars of classic American cinema. Over a career spanning eight decades, she broke boundaries and possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s. SDPB1: Tuesday, June 16, 7pm (6 MT) SDPB2: Saturday, June 20, 7pm (6 MT)
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