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CW Anthology The Woman's Hour Counts Hillary Clinton Among Executive Producers
A seasonal political anthology, The Woman's Hour, is in development at The CW, and former Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is attached as one of its executive producers. The upcoming show is based on prolific journalist and author Elaine's Weiss page-turning non-fiction book, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, which she wrote in 2018. In her book, Weiss documented the nerve-wracking high point of the great movement for women's suffrage. As women campaigned for several decades for balloting rights, their demands finally gained momentum, in August 1920, when the Congress certified the Nineteenth Amendment's adoption. The journey to securing these political rights was, however, difficult. And Clinton wants to showcase this perilous journey in her upcoming drama.
Clinton has joined The Woman's Hour as one of its EPs, Deadline reports. The erstwhile First Lady of the United States will executive produce the show alongside Amblin TV co-presidents Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, Weiss, and Angelina Burnett who also serves as the series' writer and showrunner. The Woman's Hour season 1 will depict the decisive war that led to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the 100th anniversary of which was celebrated in August 2020. The show's subsequent seasons, however, will not center on the same premise, rather they will narrate the events of varying historic and resounding political movements at different times in history.
Clinton's production debut and her political anthology are best suited for an era charged with political and social activism. Recently, the Me Too movement and the Black Lives Matter movement have invigorated young minds, causing them to grow curious about monumental social change and revolutions. Clinton's show is an apt tool to educate masses on America's political history, and its presence on the CW ensures that The Woman's Hour appeals to a younger demographic.
The Woman's Hour synopsis reads as follows: Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have approved the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote; one last state–Tennessee–is needed for women’s voting rights to be the law of the land. The suffragists face vicious opposition from politicians, clergy, corporations, and racists who don’t want black women voting. And then there are the “Antis”–women who oppose their own enfranchisement, fearing suffrage will bring about the nation’s moral collapse. And in one hot summer, they all converge for a confrontation, replete with booze and blackmail, betrayal and courage. Following a handful of remarkable women who led their respective forces into battle, The Woman’s Hour is the gripping story of how America’s women won their own freedom, and the opening campaign in the great twentieth-century battles for civil rights.
