Yours for Liberty: The Abigail Scott Duniway Story


The story of suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway's 42 year struggle to secure the right of Oregon women to vote. A pioneer and author who argued that the women who had come overland to the West and worked hard to settle Oregon should be equal partners with men. Oregon's women finally won the right to vote in 1912, not long before Duniway's death.


Producers: Lauri Bossi, Allyson Johnson, Melissa Johnson, Jule Wind, Christine Tobar-Dupre


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The Heppner Flood

 


This Regional Emmy Award winning documentary recounts the 1903 flood in which 250 people died within the space of an hour in the small eastern Oregon town of Heppner.


Producers: Laura McKaughlan, Larry Haftl, Alex Denison, Matthew Walser


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Wayne Morse: Senator from Oregon


Wayne Morse, former U.S. Senator from Oregon, was elected senator twice as a Republican and twice as a Democrat. Former Dean of the UO School of Law, Morse is remembered for being one of a handful of U.S. Senators who opposed U.S. involvement in Vietnam.


Producers: Andy Kirkpatrick, Randi Jacobs Jin Cho, Ira Don Self, Nazli Nour, Paul Dondero


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