Freedom to print things and publish things. It is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. Lectures in history, on American History tv on cspan 3. Every saturday, at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures in history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. In 1848 a convention was held in seneca falls, new york to discuss the state of womens rights in the country. The gathering was seen by many as the beginning of the womans Suffrage Movement. However, it took until 1920, over 72 years later, for women to earn the right to vote. During those years organizations such as the National American womans Suffrage Association, and National Womans Party would form. Creating a national movement. Yet it was women in every community who led the effort in their towns and states to demand rights. Through the work of cspan cities tour well introduce you to some of these women who dedicated their lives to this cause. From a prosuffrage newspaper publisher
Through the work of cspans city tours, well introduce you to some of these women. Youll learn why western territories and states were on the leading edge of the movement and youll hear how a letter from a mother to her son would help lead to the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. We begin in syracuse new york where we talk about Lucretia Mott. Lucretia mott is the most important white female abolitionist and one of the most important women in American History. Yet, shes not received the same amount of historical attention as someone like Elizabeth Cady stanton. Shes not a household name. My biography of Lucretia Mott is titled Lucretia Motts heresy. And the heresy refers to her own activist strategy. He always said to other activists, we must agitate. He advised reformers to stand out in our heresy, to confront social injustices, political injustices, legal injustices, and not be afraid to be labeled an iniffidel or nonconformist. And thats what Lucreti
Its really ironic that you women are centered around crime. Because thats not something that we see very often. Know, john, you are right. I grew a lot as far as this county goes. The bookmobile from the library was coming out, and then directly it was in front of our house. And not only can i read, mostly in the summer, all day. And it was just wonderful. And that includes being directly in front of the house, we would go out and get to come back, maybe, you know, two or three weeks later and as far as the eye can see, there were pine trees, and then there was a deep, fast running stream, somebody cutting a rope to a tree limb and he would run ss is a good its going way over the water and if he were any good at all. I guess it was natural instinct. You are running. There are some items there. We didnt know about it, about all of the hate and the crime, didnt know anything about it. And just before my wedding to my fiance, he was murdered. And he was shot, five times in the neck in the
Santa clara county gets serious with retailers. Well tell you how many Health Violations they handed out on black friday. Today the city of berkeley reactivated its covid relief fund, hoping to help hundreds of struggling businesses and tenants. Im spencer christian. Mild weather of late november will continue into earlry december. Ill have the forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 begins now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Scary. I mean, because covid. But the deals are good. Ahead of a busy Holiday Shopping season, Health Officials up and down the coast are cracking down. Some bay area retailers are being fined for covid violations. And tonight in los angeles, officials are strictly limiting any social gatherings to only people in the same household. It all comes as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. With the Holiday Shopping weekend in full swing, officials are trying
Santa clara county gets serious with retailers. Well tell you how many Health Violations they handed out on black friday. Today the city of berkeley reactivated its covid relief fund, hoping to help hundreds of struggling businesses and tenants. Im spencer christian. Mild weather of late november will continue into earlry december. Ill have the forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 begins now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Scary. I mean, because covid. But the deals are good. Ahead of a busy Holiday Shopping season, Health Officials up and down the coast are cracking down. Some bay area retailers are being fined for covid violations. And tonight in los angeles, officials are strictly limiting any social gatherings to only people in the same household. It all comes as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. With the Holiday Shopping weekend in full swing, officials are trying