The United States on their lives and careers. Including the challenges they have had to overcome and what advice they have to offer to the next generation of Women Leaders in global politics. Thank you for being here for our smart women smart power event tonight. Were excited and delighted that serven ambassadors can join us for a look at the view of the u. S. From abroad. As you may have noticed, they all happen to be female ambassadors. Before we begin, i will get to introducing the ambassadors in a few moments. I want to give you a few social media reminders. We hope you are following us on twitter. There should have been handouts. Hopefully you got them with all the twitter handles. If you are live tweeting, we ask that you use the csislive. We have a smart women podcast and course with our smart women events. We hope you are following those as well. Our series wouldnt be possible without the support of citi. Thank you for helping us amplify the women. So i am pleased to welcome th
Panel of foreign ambassadors to the United States on their lives and careers. Including the challenges they have had to overcome and what advice they have to offer to the next generation of Women Leaders in global politics. Thank you for being here for our smart women smart power event tonight. Were excited and delighted that serven ambassadors can join us for a look at the view of the u. S. From abroad. As you may have noticed, they all happen to be female ambassadors. Before we begin, i will get to introducing the ambassadors in a few moments. I want to give you a few social media reminders. We hope you are following us on twitter. There should have been handouts. Hopefully you got them with all the twitter handles. If you are live tweeting, we ask that you use the csislive. We have a smart women podcast and course with our smart women events. We hope you are following those as well. Our series wouldnt be possible without the support of citi. Thank you for helping us amplify the wome
Publicly accessible, engaging space with Public Programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is diplomacy. And how, possibly, they could become involved. We are actively collecting artifacts, researching history, and developing programs. We have a very active Public Program already for students. One of the ways we celebrate diplomacy is through the wonderful items we have in our collection. Absolutely. Lets jump right in. The first item we would like to show is the oldest in our collection. It is the first treaty that the United States entered into, in 1738. Most americans understand that american independence in 1776. Not only did you have friends and allies that were going to fight your enemies in Great Britain, but also, the establishment of economic security. This is something that was really on peoples minds. Adam smith and people who understood the wealth of nations understood that poor nations were weak nations. Part of the negotiations with fran
And careers. Including the challenges they have had to overcome and what advice they have to offer to the next generation of Women Leaders in global politics. Thank you for being here for our smart women smart power event tonight. Were excited and delighted that serven ambassadors can join us for a look at the view of the u. S. From abroad. As you may have noticed, they all happen to be female ambassadors. Before we begin, i will get to introducing the ambassadors in a few moments. I want to give you a few social media reminders. We hope you are following us on twitter. There should have been handouts. Hopefully you got them with all the twitter handles. If you are live tweeting, we ask that you use the csislive. We have a smart women podcast and course with our smart women events. We hope you are following those as well. Our series wouldnt be possible without the support of citi. Thank you for helping us amplify the women. So i am pleased to welcome the director of federal Government
Were assassinated. Years, thisf four employee all inhabited allinents embroiled inhabited continents and over 30 nations into a war that would claim millions of lives. Here, in this case, we see what men may have been sent to war in and with. You will notice that these beautiful, handcrafted pieces have such detail, looking at the different swords and the like. And yet, when you think what these infantrymen who were provided swords would later be going up against machine guns, it is easy to see how death tolls raised to the extraordinary and unfathomable numbers that they did. 1914, the beginning declarations of war were declared. France, and we do here and entry we have an infantrymens uniform from august 1914, with youthful red trousers, the wellcrafted navy coat, even the details on the buttons are absolutely beautiful. When you think about heading into war, one of the last things you want to do in modern warfare is to be wearing pants that make you incredibly easy to see. In this w