Good evening. Its a pleasure to welcome you to the william g. Mcgowan theatre this evening here at the National Archives. And a special welcome to our viewers on cspan and our own youtube channel. Tonights program, womens history on the horizon, the centennial of the womens suffrage in 2020, it is presented in commemoration of womens equality day, 2014, and the 94th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the constitution, which granted women the right to vote. And forever changed the face of the american electorate. Before we begin the bram, i would like to tell you about two upcoming programs that will take place in this theatre. On thursday, august 28 at 7 00 p. M. , awardwinning documentary filmmaker nancy burski will be here to introduce and discuss her latest film afternoon of a fawn. Tanna quill awe claire. The story of a fame prim ma ball rin ma whose career was tragically struck short when she got polio in her early 20s. The most cited legal scholar discuss hi
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an artist, athlete and trailblazer for america s daughters, julia gordon lowe founded an organization to teach young women self-reliance and resource fulness. a century later, during the year of the girl, the girl scouts more than 3 million members are leaders in their communities and are translating new skills into successful careers. americans of all backgrounds continue to draw inspiration from julia gordon lowe s remarkable vision, and we celebrate her dedication to empowering girls everywhere. [ applause ] toni morrison.
former foreign minister accepting on behalf of jan karsky. he was one of the few to relay accounts of the holocaust to the world. he repeatedly crossed enemy lines to document the face of genocide and courageously voiced tragic truths all the way to president roosevelt. he illuminated one of the darkest chapters in history and on behalf of the innocent will never be forgotten. [ applause ] richard platt accepting on behalf of his great aunt, juliet gordon lowe.
americans, and the government should be picking up the cost. reporter: many travelers we talked to didn t mind. it s like using a toll road. you use a toll road you pay the toll. as long as it makes us secure. reporter: they want to know it s well spent. does increasing the fee increase the level of security tsa can provide? it means that tsa s budget will be a little less likely to get cut just to save money in the overall deficit reduction effort. so, in that regard, it s useful. it s useful if you can tell where the benefits go for a particular program, then the people who get the benefits generally should pay for it. i want to bring in lizzie. what happen this fee is not increased? well, this has been a battle for about ten years, suzanne, and the airlines and their allies fought back the increase in fees, so a lot of what would happen would be pretty much what you see right now. you would see some small cuts to the tsa budget. they say they would be able