Start our conversation on the centennial of womens suffrage with a clip of someone whose story you tell 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 fall. He represented a small hill town in east tennessee, the republican part of tennessee. And he, although he voted with the antisuffragists and the antiratificationests, when the 19th amendment was up for ratification in that tennessee General Assembly that summer, he changed his mind because of a letter he received from his mother we described in that clip. That change of mind tilted the vote by one vote, and that is how
In 1848, a convention was held in seneca falls, new york to state womens rights. The gathering was seen at the beginning of the womens Suffrage Movement, however, it took until 1920, over 72 years later for women to earn the right to vote. During those years, would formns creating a national movement, yet it was women in every community who led the effort in their towns and states to demand through the work of cspans cities tour, we will introduce you to some of these women who dedicated their lives to this cause. To aa Newspaper Agency woman for protesting on the white house lawn. You will learn how western territories were on the leading edge of the movement and you will hear how a letter from a mother to her sun would lead to the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the right of au pair we begin syracuse, new york, where an author talks about one of the movements lesserknown figures. Lucretia mott is the most important female white abolitionists and one of the most impor
A portrait of persistence. For this exhibition, i worked 3. 5 years researching, finding all the objects and teach myself this history. For this exhibition we have , about 124 objects, of which there are 63 portraits. In curating the exhibition i was , hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed and ratified. But also ask questions about it. And ask, what does that do and what does that not do . And why 1965, the Voting Rights act is considered a mother a , part two of the 19th amendment. If you will follow me, i will take you through the exhibition and show you a few of the objects that tell this history. So lets go. We are in the first gallery of the exhibition. I mentioned we have portraits that drive the narrative. I also wanted to include pieces of art, like the one we are looking at. It is titled the warfare at home and it is by a female artist. Lily martin spencer. She was active in the 18
Was in print. We always kind of gravitated toward each other. I was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was such a respected journalist. But johanna, youve gone on to even greater things. She went on to earn her ph. D. , as you just heard. She is a scholar in residence. Shes done extraordinary historical work and this latest book is just a treat for all of you who havent had a chance to read it yet or peek at it, you are truly in for a treat. So johanna without going any longer on all the prefaces, just why havent you changed in 30 years . [laughter] johanna full disclosure good doctors. [laughter] judy you covered i knew you as a reporter, Los Angeles Times, covering politics. You covered the white house, the state department and conditioning congress. How did you find your way from doing that to being interested in history . Johanna well, actually, i was very happy as a journalist. I loved what i was doing. Can you all hear me . But in late 2008 when the economy was collapsing,
Hi, im corinne porter. Im a curator here at the National Archives museum. Im going to show you around the rightfully hers exhibition today, which is in the lawrence f. Obrien gallery. Before we head into the gallery i wanted to talk about this lenticular thats out in the lobby in front of the entrance. It has a photograph of the 1913 womens suffrage march, looking up pennsylvania avenue towards the United States capitol, and it is overlaid with a photograph from the 2017 womens march from pennsylvania avenue as well. And it is a lenticular, which has a special effect so that as you walk by the image changes between the two. And we really wanted to have it in the exhibit to help grab the publics attention, and also to signal that this is a historic exhibit, but one that continues to have contemporary relevance today. So lets head now into the lawrence f. Obrien gallery, where rightfully hers is on display. So this is a National Archives exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of t