
"Fire & Tea" from Suffs on Broadway
Clip: Season 53 Episode 18 | 2m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Carrie Chapman Catt meets with President Wilson as a protest rages outside his office.
Carrie Chapman Catt (Jenn Colella) meets with President Wilson (Grace McLean) to discuss the status of women's suffrage as a protest rages outside of The White House.
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"Fire & Tea" from Suffs on Broadway
Clip: Season 53 Episode 18 | 2m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Carrie Chapman Catt (Jenn Colella) meets with President Wilson (Grace McLean) to discuss the status of women's suffrage as a protest rages outside of The White House.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪Let the fire♪ ♪Let the fire rage on♪ ♪Let the fire♪ ♪Let the fire rage on♪ ♪ Dear, you must understand ♪ ♪ My hands are full wit making peace in foreign lands ♪ ♪ So let us discuss thi when there is less on my plate ♪ ♪ Itll have to wait ‘till next time ♪ [vocalizing] Now is the next time!
Pardon?
♪ Here she goes ♪ ♪ Look outside your window ♪ ♪ Rage ♪ ♪ They burn you in the street ♪ ♪ You cant keep locking them up ♪ ♪ You know theyll just refuse to eat ♪ ♪ Calm down, Carrie ♪ ♪ Theres no need to be angry ♪ ♪ Angry girls with matches wont force my hand ♪ ♪ So shake my hand instead♪ ♪ Thats quite enough.
Good day♪ ♪ For I have always led an organization of ladies ♪ ♪ Of proper ladies ♪ ♪ Who have made the proper plea ♪ ♪ So use me ♪ ♪ Give us the vote ♪ ♪ And you can credit my cooperation ♪ ♪ Give us the vote ♪ ♪ And all those angry girls will go away ♪ ♪ Let the fire rage on ♪ ♪ So Woodrow ♪ ♪ What do you say?
♪ ♪ Rage on ♪ ♪ Rage on and on and on and on ♪ ♪ Rage ♪ ♪ Let the fire rage!
♪ [fire explodes] [applause]
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Preview: S53 Ep18 | 30s | Recorded from Broadway, this musical tells the story of the American suffragist movement. (30s)
"Wait My Turn" from Suffs on Broadway
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Clip: S53 Ep18 | 2m 38s | Ida B. Wells confronts Alice Paul over her refusal to let Black activists in the front of the march. (2m 38s)
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