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
Retired just last spring from uva where he represents Civil War History from 1999 until 2018. He is the author and editor of at least 39 books, including the union war, the american war, and most recently, coedited, civil war places, a beautiful book, his son took the photograph, and this is an absolute treasure if you have not had a chance to see it yet. With that, i would like to welcome gary gallagher. [applause] dr. Gallagher thank you, carrie. We are on a very tight schedule, which all of us are aware of, especially steve cushman. [laughter] dr. Gallagher steve asked me to say he would be signing autographs in the back after his talk. So just keep that in mind. I am delighted to be back for this years signature conference, and i would like to start by thanking carrie and liz for inviting me. This is redundant, will, but will sees to all the details and seamlessly, with amazing good humor. I really appreciate that. Its also fun to see so many friends here. It is like a homecoming,
Good morning. It is a pleasure and an honor to welcome all of you here for our presentation this morning by alex kershaw. My name is side bunting c y bunting. I work at the world war ii memorial and have the continuous honor and privilege of being from thatmany heroes period in our history and to thosee their families and interested in learning that andory more thoroughly making up the deficiencies, i may say, of the extent to which that history is being taught in our schools and colleges, particularly in our schools. The ignorance of the history of our country, and particularly of its military history, is being being ignored it is widely ignored and that has got to be fixed. One of the best people to fix it, of course, is our speaker this morning, alex kershaw. We feel in the 75th year of the anniversary of dday, particularly close to what we call the greatest generation. On memorial day, we honored who have paid the supreme sacrifice and all of our wars, but we have always felt a par
A portion of the 1968 film the second largest minority, by producer and director lilli vincenz. Joining us is charles francis, the president of the Mattachine Society of washington, d. C. , which is what . Mr. Francis we are an lgbt history society. We find old materials that have orn forgotten, sealed, basically deleted and use those materials to talk about gay civil rights and the ongoing struggle for gay civil equality. We will show you both films in their entirety in a couple of minutes. When a seven minutes. The other is 12 minutes. One is seven minutes. The other is 12 minutes. Your connection to the films is what . Mr. Francis we were honored to , theosen by lilli vincenz creator of these films the producer, the director. She chose us to bring together her archives, including these films, and donate them to the library of congress, and that is what we did. They belong to the American People thanks to the generosity of lilli vincenz. Where is she now . Mr. Francis lilli vincenz i
The second largest minority, by producer and director lilli vincenz. Joining us is charles francis, the president of the Mattachine Society of washington, d. C. , which is what . Mr. Francis we are an lgbt history society. With a motto of archive activism. By that i mean we find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed, or basically deleted and use those materials to talk about gay civil rights and the ongoing struggle for gay civil equality. Host we will show you both films in their entirety in a couple of minutes. One is seven minutes. The other is 12 minutes. Your connection to the films is what . Mr. Francis we were honored to be chosen by lilli vincenz, the creator of these films the producer, the director. She chose us to bring together all of her archives, 10,000 items, including these films, and donate them to the library of congress, and that is what we did. They belong to the American People thanks to the generosity of lilli vincenz. Host where is she now . Mr. Francis