They have been serving about 35 of our landmass across the country. Could you name some of those companies to help us get familiar . Absolutely. We could go all the way to western south dakota, not rushmore. We could go to citizens on the mississippi river, up to wisconsin where i have telephone cooperatives. And even here in my state of virginia. We have scott county in the very tip of the state, serving the tristate area. But i have 850 of them. When you talk about landmass, you are talking about landmass and not necessarily population. Absolutely. You hit a key part of this. Is about 5 of the american population, but they are truly the providers in the most extreme and rural parts of the country. Everywhere from alaska to the panhandle of florida, so they stretch all across. I have everybody from somebody who has about 150 subscribers to probably my Largest Company that has just about 100,000 subscribers. They are serving those areas that the companies chose years ago to not provide
Listen with their free cspan radio app. Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. Next, a visit to the Smithsonians National portrait gallery. A historian gives American History tba guided tour of an exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment. Using images of early suffrage leaders, she shows how the movement intersected with the abolitionist and temperance movements. This is the first of a twopart series. Kate welcome to the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. Im the curator of votes for women. For this exhibition i worked 3. 5 years researching, finding all the objects. In the exhibition, we have about 124 objects, 63 portraits. Rating the exhibition, 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 it do . What does it amount to . Voting 1965 and the rights act was considered a part two of the voting am