On Account of Sex.

by Bryan Colley

Meet the women who persisted for over seventy years to add four words to the Constitution: “On Account of Sex.” Seven leaders of the women’s suffrage movement relate their struggles, failures, and triumphs, beginning with the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and ending with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, when women won the right to vote. This unconventional exploration of women’s history is filled with...

Meet the women who persisted for over seventy years to add four words to the Constitution: “On Account of Sex.” Seven leaders of the women’s suffrage movement relate their struggles, failures, and triumphs, beginning with the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and ending with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, when women won the right to vote. This unconventional exploration of women’s history is filled with humor, inspiration, and songs of the 19th and early 20th century.

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On Account of Sex.

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    A compact and compelling account of the women’s suffrage movement – its drawbacks, tensions, intersection with other movements, and ultimate triumph with the passage of the 19th amendment. Informative and imaginatively staged, using double casting to effectively convey the multiple generations of women involved - while still taking the time to tell us something about each of them. Pointed humor keeps it from ever getting dry, and the songs effectively evoke the time period.

    A compact and compelling account of the women’s suffrage movement – its drawbacks, tensions, intersection with other movements, and ultimate triumph with the passage of the 19th amendment. Informative and imaginatively staged, using double casting to effectively convey the multiple generations of women involved - while still taking the time to tell us something about each of them. Pointed humor keeps it from ever getting dry, and the songs effectively evoke the time period.

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Four women playing multiple roles.

Development History

  • Reading, KC Fringe Festival - Virtual Fringe, 2021

Production History

  • Fringe, KC Fringe Festival, 2023

Awards

  • Best "Made in KC" Award
    KC Fringe Festival
    Winner
    2023