Beginning in the 1940s with republican congresswoman clare booth luce. Im farar elliott. I take care of a lot of the artifacts, the artwork, the objects that document the houses rich heritage. Im matthew wasniewski, the historian at the house. My job is to collect biographical information on members, to gather data and lists and conduct oral historys. We answer reference questions that come from on the hill and off the hill. And we try to tell the story of the house which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can connect with it at a human level. We do that through telling biographical stories or clips from oral histories that give people a human a sense of a very large institution. Today, thought we would try and do that by telling you about the history of women in congress, which is a history that dates back to the early 20th century. This is a nifty piece of campaign ephemera. It is for clare booth luce, her reelection campaign. It is quite handy. It tells
Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next, we take you inside the house wing of the u. S. Capitol to learn about the history of women in congress in the second of a twopart program, we continue the story beginning in the 1940s with republican congresswoman clare boothe luce. Im farrah elliott, a curator for the house of representatives and that means that i take care of a lot of the artifacts, the artwork, the objects that document the houses rich heritage. My nobody job is to collect bigraphical information on members, gather data and historic list and conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. And we try to tell the story of the house which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can kind of connect with it at a human level some we do that through telling biographical stories or clips from oral hist there is give people kind of a human sen
You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. Like usa conversation, on facebook at cspan history. Tvsweek American History american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next, we take you inside the house wing of the u. S. Capitol learn about the history of women in congress. In the second of a twopart program, we continued the story beginning in the 1940s with republican progress in clare booth luce republican congresswoman clare booth luce. Im Farar Elliott i take care of a lot of the artifacts, the artwork, the objects that document the houses rich heritage. Im matthew wasniewski, the historian at the house. My job is to collect biographical information on members, to gather data and lis oral historys. We answer reference questions that come from on the hill and off the hill. The story of tell the house which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can connect with it at a human level. We do that through telling biog
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