Citizen honors the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment and explores the multi-generational march of Minnesota women and all they hoped would come with the vote.

From pioneering activists like Sarah Burger Stearns to Progressive Era leaders like Nellie Griswold Francis, the vote was seen as a mark of fuller citizenship and tool of change for concerns like healthcare, children, and women’s rights. But how did tensions between Black and white, native born and immigrant, and radical and moderate mar the movement?  How did Minnesota’s suffragists mirror the national effort?