In our constitution. The constitution needs to be fixed one more time. Its been amended 27 times. The era would be the 28th amendment and it would effectively say that you cannot prohibit it would would, in, put into the constitution prohibiting discrimination by sex, which is a major advancement in our constitution as Justice Scalia has said. Does that as it exists now prohibit discrimination so thats why we needed. The effect of it would be to put women in the constitution. Because as it was written in its inception it did not include women. Women were deliberately leftme out. Yesterday we had a future date in the w house of representativ. The delegates, the representatives passed a bill by Jackie Speier from california that would dissolve the time limit that was imposed on the era bill when it was passed by congress in 1972. Where we are now with the equal rights amendment, originally proposed by owl is a ball in 1923, so weve been working on this for almost 100 years. 50 years sinc
History. Learn more this weekend on American History tv. The Third National Womens Rights Convention was held in syracuse in 1852. Matilda gage is 26 at the time and had 4 children already. She learns that the convention is going to occur. She writes a speech. She travels to syracuse, bringing her oldest daughter with her. Gage hadnt contacted any of the organizers. She wasnt on the program. She hadnt written to say, may i be involved in this . She just shows up. She waits in the crowd. When there is a quiet moment, she marches up on stage and, trembling, takes the podium and begins to speak. She gives this incredibly moving speech. Afterwards, lucretia is so impressed that she has speech published. That is the only speech from that convention that was published in the paper. And from that early speech, that signal moment of a young woman scared to go up on the podium, but overcoming that because she has something to say. From that moment, she goes on to become a leader in the Womens M
Do you have any skim . Thank you, and bill clinton. But deceive. Glad to see you. Good to see. How long have you worked here . Nice to see you. Thanks. Hello. Good to see you, im governor clinton. I worked here a long time. You come with me. We will do it. I got to ask her a question. What kind of political changes do you think its important for president ial candidate have a background in Foreign Affairs and the military . Bill clinton i think its important for president ial a cleare to demonstrate vision for what our National Security and Foreign Policy ought to be. To keep america safe and strong. Had to think you should add a lot of foreignpolicy experience before, president reagan had no foreignpolicy experience when he became president. President gorbachev in russia, whos been a real success had no experience when he became president of russia. On the longestserving governor in america. I have a lot of experience in International Economic relations, which will be at the center of
That she has the speech published. That is the only speech from that convention that was published in the paper. Speech, fromly that single moment of a young woman scared to go off on that podium but to overcome that because she has something to say. From that moment she goes on to become a leader in the Womens Movement. In her home, in the back space is parlor, this where so much of the work that she did throughout her life happened. So much of the correspondence or meetings with women like Susan B Anthony. So much of the work of the National Womens Suffrage Association happened in this space. Welcome to the Matilda Joslyn gage center. This room is a perfect way to learn about Matilda Joslyn gage. When she discovered the rights that women had in that culture, she spoke out strongly in favor of native american sovereignty. This was at a time when the u. S. Government was trying to force american citizenship on native americans. Due to matildas charismatic nature in speaking about the r
History books by becoming only the second first lady besides Abigail Adams to be both the wife and mother of a president. Barbara bush, this sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans original series first ladies influence an image. Examining the public and private lives of those that field first lady and their influence on the presidency from Martha Washington to michelle obama. At 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan3 sundays. All weekend long, American History tv is joining our Time Warner Cable partners to showcase the history of syracuse, new york. To learn more about the citys honored 15 four, visit cspan. Org citiestour. We look at the history of syracuse. The Third National Womens Rights Convention was held in syracuse in 1852. Matilda gage is 26 at the time and had 4 children already. She learns that the convention is going to occur. She writes a speech. She travels to syracuse, bringing her oldest daughter with her. Gage hadnt contacted any of the organizers.