Perrottet. A journey through the historical underbelly of europe and most recently, cuba libre. As a College Student tony regularly disappeared to hitchhike and travel through rural india. Tonys travel stories have been published in magazines and have been translated into a dozen languages and wildly anthologized. He is also a regular television guest on the History Channel where he has spoken about everything from the crew sausad the birth of disco. Please join me in welcoming t e tonetony perrottet. [ applause ] thank you for coming out. You may be wondering from my funny accent what is an australian doing living in new york and writing about cuba. Many have wondered. The reason is that i used to live in argentina and reported all around south america. If you live in latin america, every one there is thinking about cuba. What happened in cuba and whats going to happen. In that sense i felt like i really had to go. I finally did in 1996 which is called just after the soviet union coll
History tv. Announcer next on American History tv, author Rebecca Roberts talks about the decade leading up to the passage of the 19th amendment and how women gained the right to vote through marching, picketing, and persistence. Ms. Roberts is the author of suffragists in washington, d. C. , the 1913 parade and the fight for the vote. The White House Historical association hosted this discussion. Stewart my name is stuart, the president of the White House Historical association. It is my privilege to welcome many of you back to the historic Decatur House and the White House Historical association for another one of our wonderful lectures. Tonight is one of the annual National Heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u. S. Capitol Historical Society and the u. S. Supreme court Historical Society, and we have our wonderful colleagues from both tonight, and we would like to welcome you here today. On june 4, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratif
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