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Ken Burns: American Lives

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1997-2005
1 Season
Documentary

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Ken Burns' American Lives is a collection of outstanding biographies and stories of some of America's most celebrated pioneers and historical figures. The collection includes biographies of Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Horatio Nelson Jackson, Lewis and Clark, and boxer Jack Johnson.

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Keith David

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Hal Holbrook

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Ossie Davis

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Episode 1

Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

Sun, Nov 7, 199994 mins

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men. By the time their lives were over, they had changed for the better the lives of women everywhere.

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