Women yielding political power. Im with cspan, American History on tv on cspan 3 every weekend is happy to coordinate with the organization of american historians to moderate this panel discussion. And of course it could not come at a better moment in history with the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote passed by the house u. S. And u. S. Senate in 1919 and then ratified in 1920. Here we are a hundred years later, the 116th congress has the highest percentage of women ever making up a roughly quarter of each chamber. And we have a female speakr for the second time, and we have four women so far running for president. Todays panel will look at women, the role of women and the key turning points of women in american politics. I want to introduce each of our panelists and come back through and have each of them talk about their books or the period of time theyre writing about for about five minutes and then well open up the conversation to all of you. So let me introduce you t
When emilys list first started there were only two women in the u. S. Senate. Now there are 26 of us. You allowed so many more women to hold elected office and that made our nation better. They have the power to make a difference. I want to say thank you to Ellen Malcolm for getting this Party Started and im so appreciative ofyour vision. Thank you for starting an organization that brings women together and making this a better place. To stephanie, i am so grateful for your amazing leadership. You have the ability to see what is possible. Thank you for your courage. We will make sure more women are at the table then ever before. Especially more women of color arerunning for office than when it. Id like to see women like me become elected officials in the us in every corner of this country you helped elect new democratic prochoice women to the congress of the United States. So much has been accomplished in these 35years and so much more needs to be done. In 35 years i want to see women
Minister tells e. U. Leaders and only meet them if they change their position on bricks at. And there were seen some pretty violent storms across the some portions of europe and im afraid to say that we could well see a few more yet you can see all this chatter on the satellite that is containing some scattered showers and thunderstorms a good season strong winds in there and also have a system here working its way into the southwest of the u. K. And that could also bring with it not only some rain but also some potentially strong thunderstorms at times so this is the picture on cheese day at temperatures not too bad 26 in paris 29 in syria he can see where the rain in the clouds will be so it should be not too bad in paris maybe just increase in the cat as the day goes on but really the bulk of the rains are going to be called seasonal central and eastern sections and youll notice the temperature in moscow this temperature is actually set to decline even further over the next few days
Come at a better moment in history with the 19th amendment granting the women the right to vote passed by the u. S. House and senate in 1919 and then ratified in 1920. Here we are a hundred years later, the 116th congress has the highest percentage of women ever making up roughly a quarter of each chamber, and we have a female speaker for the second time and four women so far running for president. Todays panel will look at women, the role of women and the key turning points for women in american politics. I want to introduce each of our panelists and come through and have each of them talk about their books or the period of time theyre writing about for about five minutes, and then well open up the conversation to all of you. So when we get to that point for questions, id like each of you to go to the microphone, line up behind the microphone to ask your questions. So let me introduce you to david perry. Journalist and historian working at the university of minnesota. Hes the descende
Company and the future of aviation. Hes. Hes interviewed by usa today Consumer Travel reporter. Watch booktv every sunday on cspan2 and find a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online any time at booktv. Org. Congresswoman nancy pelosi the former speaker of the u. S. House was honored at the emilys list gala in washington, d. C. Vice president Kamala Harris gave remarks followed by president biden. This is about 25 minutes. Good evening, everyone. Oh, good evening. You did your thing. Look at this. My goodness, when i look out at this room i know the future of our country is bright. [applause] let me start by thanking the leader of emilys list, a dear, dear friend to me and so many of us, ms. Butler. [applause] as she said, weve known each other for so many years. We Work Together and ive seen as aee hope many of you have, te effort, the tireless efforts that she puts into her extraordinary role of leadership. And i will tell you, you and we are fortunate to have leader of e