Series of speeches along with my good friend from california, a senior democratic senator. Senator Dianne Feinstein to memorate a consistent significant milestone in our nations history. 100 years ago today, the Senate Finally passed the 19th amendment which affirmed the right of women to vote in elections. Madam president , all of us that in 1775, as the Second Continental Congress was forging a new nation conceived in liberty, Abigail Adams admonished her husband john to remember the ladies. Despite her advice, it took nearly a century and a half for women to achieve their rightful place as full u. S. Citizens. 1919, the United States Senate Passed the 19th amendment to our constitution. The courage and determination exhibited by generations of rewarded inn were two sentences. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any states. N account of sex Congress Shall have the power to enforce this by appropriate legislatio
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Stanton. She is a historian of womens history. We are delighted to have her here tonight. Elizabeth griffith, thank you for being here. [applause] hello, everybody. We are making a few adjustments here. The light relates to cspan filming, so we are stuck with the light, which is affecting some of the colors. I hope you have already noticed that the background was suffrage for all. [laughter] hello, welcome, and thank you for being here. Thank you to the smithsonian for the invitation and the opportunity to talk about what im learning as i write a new book. This book is about women in the 20th century between the two betweenon washington, the march 1913 suffrage march, organized by alice paul the day before Woodrow Wilson was a nigra, and the march january here, around the country and around the world the day after president trumps inauguration. Spanhundredyour encompasses economic, legal rights for women, large cultural shift, sexual expectations, as and. As sexism, misogyny, historian
Soninlaw of naacp Board Chairman channing tobias. As the chief of the African Union unit for the united nations, dean immediately sent white a draft of the report. It dismantled all of eugene blacks cliches about rising tides raising all boats. Deans analysis laid out that while south africa had the highest per capita annual income on the continent most of that went to the white minority population. Africans in the union in fact made 75 less per year. And minors despite the growing demand for labor earned only 4. 02 per week. The report reaffirmed whites position as he took to the media to make the case for cutting off all funds, especially that of the world bank to south africa. Eugene black, white noted, had exhibited a kind of naivete to construe milans nazi model of racial policies as benefiting all the population of south africa. This was dangerous and shallow thinking. The world banks loans did not help. Instead it had bolstered a racist dictatorship, undercut more moderate force
Tries to pull him on to the brink. A train rolled over them two small slips of paper words big bucks. Well tell you where the winning megamillions were sold and how some states used their share of the lottery to boost education. Good morning. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Escalating violence in two nash ouring nations in south sudan there are reports that up to 500 were killed tuesday, with 800 wounded. The government says 10 follow tirns are under arrest for taking part in a foiled coup attempt. Led by the former vice president. The United Nations says fighting across the border cost more than 200,000 people to flee the capital. The French Foreign minister says several nations are sending in troops to support a military effort to restore order there. We begin with the violence in south sudan. The state department is warning american citizens to leave the country and is suspending normal operations in juba. The u. N. Security council held an emergency meeting tuesday