Amendment. Today our new exhibit, rightfully hers, american women and the vote, opened up stair in the lawrence f. Obrien gallery. This exhibit is a corner stone of our sentenal celebration of the 19th amendment. Which gave women the right to vote. The 19th amendment is rightfully celebrated as a major milestone made possible by decades of suffrage relentless Political Engagement and one critical piece of the larger story of womens battle for the vote. Rightfully hers begins with the suffrage that doesnt end with the 19th amendments ratification. The final section examines the Immediate Impact and the voting right struggles that persisted into modern day. And corrine porter, stand up, is the curator of that exhibit. [ applause ] one of the goals of the exhibit is to recognize both the broad diversity of suffrage activists and the many bases on which american women have been barred from voting. As susan ware does in why they march the exhibit looks beyond the familiar names such as susa
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Amendments ratification. The final section examines both the Immediate Impact and the struggles that went into modern day. And we have the curator of that exhibit. [ applause ] one of the goals is to recognize the broad diversity of suffrage activists and the many b bases which american women have been barred for voting. The exhibit looks beyond the familiar names such as susan b. Anthony and others and brings to our attention activists from a variety of backgrounds showing that the cause of suffrage was advanced by american women across race, ethnicity and class. Susan ware, a pioneer and a leading feminist biographer is the author and editor of numerous books including american womens history, still missing, Amelia Earheart and letter to the world, seven women who shaped the american century. Educated at Wellesley College and Harvard University shes taught at New York University and harvard where she served as editor of the biographical dictionary, notable american women. Since 2012,
Im delighted to see you all here, to see jean baker, author of Margaret Sanger a life of passion. Shes going to be in conversation tonight with christina page. While we often think of markets sangers at 46 amara street in brownsville, she started that clinic after being a nurse here and the Lower East Side. Here she was a cohort of emma goldman, who will be discussing and just two weeks. Tonights top is just not fitting because it is surprisingly timely, it is fitting because there is a good chance that Margaret Sanger knew one or more of the immigrant women who lived in our tenement a few doors down and 97 orchard street. Tonights guest jean baker is professor of history at of university in baltimore. Shes the author of several books, including sisters the life of american suffrage is. Professor baker has done a remarkable job telling the story of our newest subject market sanger and a highly compelling biography. Publisher weekly boasts best known as an advocate for spearheading the
Bless you all. Thank you. Thank you. You may be seated. First of all, i want to say what a tremendous honor it is to be here with all of you. There is something very encouraging about getting together again, and especially with people who love america, that love god, who love the church, who love jesus, who love worship, who love the bible, who still believe jesus is the answer. Ive just come tonight to, first of all, say what an honor it is , and i made a. Ecision in 2016 paula and jonathan, who are just some of the greatest people that we have known for many, many decades we have known you, paula, and now jonathan, and the more that i know jonathan, the greater my respect gets for him. They are just a power couple in the kingdom of god. They really are. Dr. Jackson is here and ralph is here and dr. Lee is here, and im leaving somebody out very important, im sure, but youre all here not to lift ourselves, not to talk about ourselves, we our time ited in weve got five minutes, and ill