The movement dates from 1848 when a convention to consider the rights of women was held in new york. The committee adopting the list of womens wrongs found grievances against the government of men to be the same number that american had had against king george, it took George Washington six years to rectify mens grievances by law, but it took 72 years to establish womens rights by law. At least 1,000 legal amendments were necessary and every one was a struggle against ignorant opposition. Woman suffrage is a long story of hard work and heartache crowned by victory. Colleen shogan is vice chair of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission and White House Historical association joining us here in washington. Thank you so much for being with us. Thank you, and good morning. Lets talk about the significance of the events this week, august 18th, 1920, and the key role tennessee played in the 19th amendment. Yes. In august of 1920, 35 states had ratified the 19th amendment, but the 36th stat
Test test test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 it isnt possible in Watkins Harper view to take a position that speaks to antiblack racism and doesnt speak to gender. Her often quoted line is, we are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity. This becomes the signature contribution that africanamerican women will make to this ongoing debate over Voting Rights that will continue i would say even until our own time. This view that it is not possible to parse out access to the polls, access to office holding, to jury service and more along manmade differences as she should put it like race and gender that she asks this, including stanton, including douglas, to really lift their sights to the interests of all humanity as she would put it and this is the position that black women will put on the table. They will not carry the day in the 1860s but they will press this position coming all the way through the 19th amendment and beyond. Ill leave it to ano
Thank you so much for everyone that came out today. And of course, speaker me pe losy as well. Happy anniversary, 19th amendment. Isnt that something . Wow. It was passed just in time for the 1920 president ial election but it would take another 12 years for women to really turn out to vote. There was some conflict at the time between the suffragists and the abolitionists. And i wonder do you still feel echos of that in Democratic Politics . Not really. I think that even has the right to vote now. First of all, julie, and tumor began for your kind introduction. And thank you for your hospitality and for your leadership and to all of you. Dean hellman were so proud of you. Here in t here right gaston hall with my grandson liam who is here as well. In any event, my College Classmate mary beta is here, we went to trinity college. In those days, georgedown was not so georgetown was not so coed. We had a relationship for a long time. My husband went here. Hree of my children did. My soninla
The center for democracy, technology and the center for justice to welcome you to what i consider to be a very timely, obviously a very, very important forming symposium. At the outset i want to thank all the participants. An incredible array of speakers, guests who have taken the time to address this subject and cspan, regardless of republican, democrat or independent think is critically important. Its undisputed that there are people that have been hacking into our elections for a long, long time. The evidence is indisputable. We can start with 2016, but i think if we look back before that we might have seen there are people playing around in that arena even before that time. We decided to get together to pull together a symposium to deal with hacking in u. S. Elections and how to make the 2020 election more secure. So were grateful that they could join us this morning. Some of you in the audience probably remember, but i did happen to talk to some of my colleagues from Penn State Di
Hi, welcome to the National Portrait gallery at the civilian institution. I am the curator of votes for women, a portrait of resistance. For this exhibition, i worked 3. 5 years researching, teaching myself this history, and finding all the objects. In this exhibit we have about 124 objects, including 63 portraits. In thisw 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 it do and not do and why 1965, the Voting Rights act, was considered a part two of the voting amendment. I will show you a few of the objects that tell this history, so lets go. Were in the first gallery of the exhibition. And i mentioned we have portraits that drive the narrative, but i also wanted to include in the exhbitionj pieces of art, like the one were looking at which is titled the war spirit at home. Its by a female artist. He was active in th