and civil rights until the 14th and 15th amendments he has a terrible breakup and susan anthony and cady stanton miss behaved badly in the way they treated douglas with all kinds of racist epithets not just aimed at douglas but aimed at the black man. they didn't want to wait any longer, they wanted women and 15th amendments. but everybody with one eye open understood it never would have passed. but at that point it put us in or you can have your country back. douglas didn't have a choice. it's one of those moments in his life where he has to make decisions and choices about this political issue or that it's often what did they help him buy his freedom and not the abolition? >> two reasons. he spent 1845 to 47 about 18 or 19 months and he's still in his 20s. a huge turning point in his life he gets treated like a hero most of the time and to this day they made him a patron saint. his friends began to realize that he thought about it but he couldn't. the idea that he was going to move and and forceful children didn't make sense. douglas would not return to the united states until he had an offici

some of the women i highlight are well known like elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. anthony.ess well known people like sojourner truth or harriet tubman or alice paul or inez mulholland. ida b. wells. each of them did something extraordinary. we are going to be 100 years since america had the right to vote for women in twenty twenty. so telling that story now it's really timely. it's also timely because of what just happened in this 2018 election. the fact that so many women have been marching, since president trump was inaugurated, showing up, going to town halls, doing sit-ins, doing vigils, trying to be heard and being heard at the ballot box. and being heard as candidates. we saw some amazing women win across america. who are changing everything. lucy mcbath won in a seat that was lost last cycle. as a black woman who lost her son to gun violence, her voice was not only passionate and authentic, but it was a new voice. and a voice that people wanted to support. and that's why she's going to congress. >> and again, congress, the democrats flipped it. the democrats also fli

everyone knew that, but to stanton anthony at that point it was put us in or you can have your country back. the listed have that choice but to many moments in his life when he has to make decisions and choice about this political if the shoe or that political issue or that strategy or that strategy and it's often the horns of the dilemma. >> whited british supporters hope douglas by his freedom and not british abolitionists mac two reasons. he spent 4587 about-- east was in the british isles, huge turning point in his life. easter to buy a hero most of the time in ireland, scotland and britain. it made him a patron saint. he only lived four months there and they had to monuments to him. crazy. .com. his british friends began to realize-- first there were a lot of british abolitionist friends who try to convince him to stay in england, moved his family to england, adopt england. he actually thought about it your kids clear, there are letters, but he couldn't. his cause was here in his family was here in the idea he would move anna and for small children to england may no sense. so the