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
Took until 1920, over 72 years later for women to earn the right to vote. During those years, organizations 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 cspans cities tour, we will introduce you to some of these women who dedicated their lives to this cause. From a Newspaper Agency to a woman for protesting on the white house lawn. You will learn how western territories and states were on the leading edge of the movement and you will hear how a letter from a mother to her son would lead to the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. We begin syracuse, new york, where an author talks about one of the movements lesserknown figures. Lucretia mott is the most important female white abolitionists and one of the most important women in American History, yet she has not received the same amount of historical attention as others. She is not a household
Council. In the president travels to minnesota to give remarks on the economy live at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. In 1840 eight, convention was held in seneca falls, new york, discussed the state of womens rights in the country. This was the beginning of the womens Suffrage Movement. 1920 four women to earn the right to vote. During those years, would form,s creating a national movement. It was women in every community who led the effort in their towns and states to amend rights. Some ofintroduce you to these women who dedicated their lives to this cause. You will learn why western territories in states where on the leading edge of the movement. And you will hear how a letter from a mother to her son would lead to the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the rights to vote. York,in in syracuse, new where an author talks about one of the movementss known figures, Lucretia Mott. She was born on the island of nantucket. But she lived most of her life in philadelphia. That was
Definitely worth every penny. She is here today and afterwards she will answer it questions after the presentation. We even have a table setup for her here to answer more questions or even sign one of the books if you purchased one here today. All right, we are going to go ahead and get started here. Again, thank you for coming and thank you Charlotte Waisman for being here today. applause its great to be here with all of you and thank you for many of you who i know who are coming. Its good to have that smiling audience right in front of you. I was asked to talk about women of the west and i was told to top 45 minutes and take 15 minutes of questions. So i have a timer for myself and i will start it. I will stick to a script so that i can stick to time because those of you who know me know that i also could just talk forever and i dont want to do that now since you probably have other things to do as well today. We are having this filmed so it is very exciting. It will be on cspan thre