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Invented Here: Failure Was Impossible

Learn about a group of trailblazing 19 century American women from the Rochester area.

Aired 10/18/1998 | Rating NR

WXXI Documentaries

Invented Here: Failure Was Impossible

Special | 56m 29sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn about a group of trailblazing 19 century American women from the Rochester area.

19th century American women were seen but never heard. That is, until suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, ordained minister Antoinette Brown Blackwell, and business women Kate Gleason and Martha Matilda Harper changed American history. All were from the Rochester area.

Aired 10/18/1998 | Rating NR

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WXXI Documentaries is a local public television program presented by WXXI

WXXI Documentaries

Invented Here: Failure Was Impossible

Special | 56m 29sVideo has Closed Captions

19th century American women were seen but never heard. That is, until suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, ordained minister Antoinette Brown Blackwell, and business women Kate Gleason and Martha Matilda Harper changed American history. All were from the Rochester area.

Aired 10/18/1998 | Rating NR

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