Which arose, which for me, gave the book a larger scope than i had originally intended. The quotations that are in the book, the slogans and catchphrases, up until 1955 were easy for me to remember because i am a child of the forties. That is what i learned in school. That is how we learned history in school. The books that we took out of the library, as fourth and fifth graders, or the way that history was taught. When i got to graduate school in the sixties, i discovered that some of my fellow students who came from overseas would come to meet periodically, as one woman did, and said, who is this joe and why should he say it aint so . So i told her the story. Then much later, a friend of ours whos an immigrant doctor from south africa, came to me and said, why do my patients, when they see me, say whats up doc and laugh maniacal . I had to tell them that story. But i also realized that if people who were hundred 30, who i was working with, had no real idea anymore of what these sloga
Announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers. J. B. Smoove. From on the trail, cnns dana bash, kaitlan collins, and kyung lah. An all new closer look. Featuring the 8g band with Thaddeus Dixon and now seth meyers. Seth welcome to late night. How is everybody doing i just remembered i left half a salmon salad on my desk in march, so its probably going to be even longer until im allowed back in the office lets get to the news. New York State Attorney general Letitia James announced today shes filing a suit to dissolve the nra for years of selfdealing and illegal conduct. And to make sure it dissolves, shes going to put Jared Kushner in charge of it. You can count on me oh, no oh, you guys bad news oh, i kushed it. Oh, i kushed another. President trump called into fox friends yesterday morning, while joe biden just called in to friends. Word of advice chandler, quit being a wise ass theyre your friends, chandler. I turned him into i turned him into clint eastwood. During an interview
Next, on q a, author elaine weiss talks about her book, the womens hour. Later the contenders features window wilkie Wendell Wilkie who ran against president was built in 1940. Also programming on kamala harris. Elaine weiss discusses her book, the womans hour, about the. Leadup to the ratification of the 19th amendment to the u. S. Constitution on august 18, 1920, that granted women the right to vote. Host elaine weiss, i want to start our conversation on the centennial of womens suffrage with coverage of some you talk about in your book, the womans hour. My mother was a college student, student of International Affairs who took a an interest in public issues. She could not vote yet that tenant farmers on our farm, some of whom were illiterate could vote. Host who was harry byrne and why does he play a central role in your story . Guest Harry Thomas Byrne was the youngest legislator in the tennessee General Assembly in 1920. He was a freshman delegate. He was up for reelection in the
From the Suffrage Movement to women attaining full political rights. A nationalive in womens suffrage organization. She helped women get the right to vote, not only in montana but a couple of states west of the mississippi. In 1916. She is elected to mop one of montanas to at large districts. She is a pacifist. Sworn into the house on april 2, 1917. The house has come into special session, extraordinary session because the president delivers a message to congress, asking for a declaration of war against germany as the u. S. Entry into world war i. , rankint vote is held is one of a group of about 50 members who vote against u. S. Intervention in world war i. She served a term in the house. It was on the womens suffrage community. Committee. She was on the public lands committee. That was an important assignment for a woman from montana with so much of the land being held by the federal government. It was an important position. She served only a term in the house and she tries to run fo
Biographical information on members, together data and historic lists and to conduct oral histories. We enter reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. We try to tell the story of the house. It is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can connect with it at a humanly level. We do that through telling biographical stories or with clips from oral histories that give people a humans sense of a very large institution. Today, we thought we would try to do that by telling you about the history of women in congress. That is a this is a nifty piece of campaign ephemera. It is for clare booth luce, her reelection campaign. It is quite handy. It tells you what to do. Use this column when voting for clare booth luce. It has a little arrow, and how to make sure that you are pulling the levers. And Clare Boothe Luce wouldve been the republican counterpart of helen douglas. Her career had started as a writer and editor. She was a managing e