“We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity." - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
This stand alone interlude is from Lifting As We Climb, a centennial commemoration of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. With abundant narrative, this 30 minute work tells the story the history of women's suffrage movement while exploring the present day assault on voting rights; three generations of suffragists come to life and previously hidden voices of African American women fighting for the vote are amplified.