provided the video. mona siegel: it is such a pleasure to collaborate with the world war i museum and i am particularly thankful to lora for making this program possible. i have about 45 minutes of stories and information i am excited to share with you. i feel that i hope you will pose any question you might have. i don t always have the answers but i will give it my best shot. the cover you are looking at there on your screen is the cover of my most recent book, peace on our terms. it is fundamentally tied to the history of world war i which makes this collaboration so important to me. my book is a snapshot of a singular moment in history. almost exactly 100 years ago. as the world finally began exiting from the devastation of the first world war and was able to begin the dreaming and planning for the peace and the new world that would come afterwards. at this moment, i show in my book that women from far-reaching and incredibly diverse parts of the world began stepping on
all of these details that are on our website at archives.gov/women. let s begin our discussion today. my first guest is miss susan b anthony. hello, miss anthony. i m feeling very energetic today. how are you? wonderful, thank you. my first question is how did you get involved in the women s suffrage movement? i didn t start my life as an agitator in the women s suffrage movement. it kind of grew gradually over time. it began when i first was made to understand that married women had no legal rights in this country. they could not own property or keep their earnings and i was taught to believe that women and men were equal and should have equal rights in my quaker household, we were treated equally. this was a very cruel comeuppance to me when i was taught about that. it was going to be a long, slow process to change those laws. i became interested in the temperance movement. we thought perhaps if we could take the alcohol out of the hands of abusive husbands, things wo
welcome to today s program on the 19th amendment and women s equality day. my name is dorothy dority. for the next hour, i will be moderating our discussion with three key figures in the fight for women s right to vote. as you can see i m celebrating by wearing my suffrage sash. i have a centennial pen that i ordered from the national archives gift shop. another way we can celebrate as by sharing our stories online. we have a number of animated gifs and stickers so you can post that on your social media posts using the hashtag 19 suffrage stories. all of these details that are on our website at archives.gov/women. let s begin our discussion today. my first guest is miss susan b anthony. hello, miss anthony. i m feeling very energetic today. how are you? wonderful, thank you. my first question is how did you get involved in the women s suffrage movement? i didn t start my life as an agitator in the women s suffrage movement. it kind of grew gradually over time. it began
american democracy, congress has designated august as national women s suffrage month. the women s suffrage centennial commission is coordinating national women s suffrage month on behalf of congress and the american people. and if this history interests you, please in visit the commission at womensvote100.org to learn more and to engage. for now, let s enjoy this conversation between these three brilliant women as we celebrate the centennial of women s suffrage and pay tribute to the legacy of the trailblazing suffragists who paved the way for our right to vote. hello, colleen, thank you for that thoughtful introduction. i am librarian of congress carla hayden and i join you from the suffragist exhibit, shall not be denied. welcome to women s fight for the road celebrating 100 years of the 19th amendment, a conversation with historian elaine weiss and former secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. what a joy it is to be here with these two women discussing this history
legacy, and how the disaster resulted in higher safety standards for lighter than air ships. this 50 minute event is hosted by the virginia historical society in richmond. in march, 1921, major john g for now cornell and his group were detailed to italy to review a new airship for the u.s. army air service. stationed at langley field and lived upthe roma never to expectations, despite being heralded as the future of military innovation. it crashed on february 21, 1922, in norfolk, claiming the lives of most of the men of board. today s speaker will reveal details and never before published imagery of the forgotten tragedy of one of the last great airships, and those who sacrificed for the promise of a new era in aviation. shepherd is a writer and historian of her native hampton roads, virginia. her main interest is the history of hampton roads from 1890 to the present. after publishing short online history pieces, she has devoted her research and writing over the last four