Harriet tubman is celebrated for her work as an abolitionist, underground railroad conductor, and union army scout during the civil war. Next, karen hill of the Harriet Tubman house talks about Harriet Tubmans lesserknown role as an activist in the Womens Suffrage Movement. The president Woodrow Wilson house hosts this conversation as part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Good evening. I am the executive director at the Woodrow Wilson house. It is truly my pleasure to welcome you to the first of a series of speaking events we are going to have on a suffrage series. The wilson house, if you have not been here before, is part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Wilson and his wife edith lived in this house. Edith turned it over to the National Trust in 1961 on her death. It has been lovingly cared for. We welcome you tonight. I wanted to tell you about how we started this speaker series. Our senior manager said to me this su
Edith turned it over to the National Trust in 1961 on her death. It has been lovingly cared for. We welcome you tonight. I wanted to tell you about how we started this speaker series. Manager said to me this summer when i first started the job there is a commission on the suffrage and i think we should go to that meeting. It is the womens Suffrage Centennial commission. I said ok. I will go with you. We went down to the library of congress and we sat at a big table. They were about 20 women in the root. A big square table. There were another 20 women on the telephone. Everyone goes around introducing themselves. They are from the alice paul house, this commission and that commission. From the National Portrait gallery. All these places. It comes around to us and introduce myself. Im from the Woodrow Wilson house. Suck and a collectives sigh, and maybe one or two cases of whiplash. There was no oxygen left in the room. They turned to look to us to say, do you know where you are . What a
Railroad conductor, and union army scout during the civil war. Next, karen hill of the Harriet Tubman house talks about Harriet Tubmans lesserknown role as an activist in the Womens Suffrage Movement. The president Woodrow Wilson house hosts this conversation as part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Elizabeth welcome, good evening. My name is elizabeth carter, and i am the executive director at the Woodrow Wilson house. It is truly my pleasure to welcome you to the first of a series of speaking events that we are going to have on a suffrage series. The wilson house, if you have not been here before, is part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Wilson and his wife edith lived in this house. They turned edith turned it over to the National Trust in 1961 on her death. And it has been lovingly cared for. And so we welcome you tonight. I wanted to tell you a little bit about how we started this speaker series. Our senior manager
Of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Wilson and his wife edith lived in this house. They turned edith turned it over to the National Trust in 1961 on her death. And it has been lovingly cared for. And so we welcome you tonight. I wanted to tell you a little bit about how we started this suffrage speaker series. Our senior manager of collections and interpretation said to me this summer when i first started the job there is a commission on the suffrage, and i think we should go to that meeting. It is the womens Suffrage Centennial commission. And i said ok. I am going to go with you. We went down to the library of congress, and we sat at a big table. And they were about 20 women in the room, a big square table. There were another 20 women on the telephone. And everyone goes around and they are introducing themselves. And they are from the alice paul house, this commission and that commission. And, you know, from the National Portrait gallery. All these places. It comes aroun
Thank you for coming out on this rainy thursday. And thank you to christine and larry for inviting me to the center. For more than half a century, conservative critics housed in think tanks and foundation and the media have championed the cause of conservative College Students who they say suffer on College Campuses. Freefall of the university and tenered radical book tights, they are claiming Higher Education and liberal, if not radical, factory and middle of the road students misunderstand i am sorry, liberal students are smug and feeling they are on the right and conservative students have to decide if they will voice their outrage or listen to the tirade. And wellfound organizations have been put in place. The academic bill of rights to legally protect students and we have the American Legal Foundation as well. The claire booth policy institute is targeted to women and the Federalist Society or humane studies at George Mason University provide internships for budding conservatives.