Engaged large numbers of women in the political process. A part of the campaign was getting the message out to the nation and shifting Public Opinion to support their case. Tonight we learn about the Suffrage Movement communication machine and how it contributed to the movements success. To introduce our panelists id like to welcome nancy tate to the stage. Sinceo 2015 shes served as cochair of the 2020 womens Vote Centennial Initiative and also is on the board of the turning point suffragist morial from 2000 to 2015 served as the executive director of the league of women voters and is serving the National Academy of Public Administration and also served in the department of energy and department of education and the office of economic opportunity. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome nancy tate. [applause] well, thank you. Its so wonderful to be here at the National Archives especially in light of their new exhibit that hes just mentioned, rightfully hers. Ive just seen it and encoura
Of this powerful moving and anthology nasty women feminism and revolution in trumps america, and we are incredibly honored to have anna holmes along with a panel of contradict tores to lead us in conversation about theme it is explores namely how we got here and how we move forward. It is very fitting to be holding this or particular discussion here at the knock New York Public Library a place steeped in history of feminist thought and action it is where betty won the feminist must speak sitting up stairs in a room where papers of maim and virginia wolf are housed along with archive of the National American Women Suffrage Association and women action coalition, iconic feminist literary magazine 13th moon and much, much more. Archives contain a fragment of the vindication the rights of women written in the hand. And we also are, of course, a place for dialogue. For us with the new york possible Library Extension of our mission to patron the people of the cities of new york with access n
Them for social media youre welcome to keep them on. Also during our q and a we have microphone just one, this time so if you could step up to that mic that would be great as you can see we have cspan here filming also making an audio recording of the event. And feel free to leave your chairs where they are. We have more events coming up this afternoon so youre welcome to stick around all day. And please to welcome joe this afternoon to discuss her important new book guilded sufficientist about those ho fight for the women right to vote in the early part of the last strig. Among the more than 200 social tirings involved in the movement she writes ab host of familiar names including after beaumont and vaunter build remieppedz us what a radical explosive notion the wells vote was in the early 1900s and how in her own word theres a moment where generations cross paths and an idea that once seems radical loses its toxins. Publishers e weekly is called this book one of the top books for fal
Way to talk about it because today is the anniversary of the firing of fort some tour. Everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become, and we have gone through a lot of that with the idea that African American men had fought for the union. White southerners had ideas about what america should be as well, the northerners who had won the war had ideas about what the americans should be. The indians and chinese who are out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern men who had fought and won the war had ideas about what the country should be. But the critical question as to what it was going to be, was who was going to have a say in it. And we have and gone through a bit of that. But who had a say in what the nation can view would have a dramatic effect on what eventually became. So, today i want to talk about women and womens lives in the late 19th century. And their role in what was really the reconstruction, the true rebuilding of
Online anytime at cspan. Org slash history. We lets go ahead and start. As you know the theme of this course comes from the idea that the civil war dramatically changes american history, because what it really does is it destroys everything that everyone believed about the relationship between america and the american government. So once the war is over and this isnt actually really good way to talk about it because today is the anniversary of the firing of fort some tour. Everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become, and we have gone through a lot of that with the idea that African American men had fought for the union. White southerners had ideas about what america should be as well, the northerners who had won the war had ideas about what the americans should be. The indians and chinese who are out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern men who had fought and won the war had ideas about what the country should be. But the