Abolitionists and temp rest movements. This is the first of a twopart program. Hi, everyone. Welcome to the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. Im Kate Clarke Lemay and im the curator of votes for women, a portrait of persistence. For this exhibition, i worked about 3 1 2 years researching, teaching myself this history and finding all the objects. In the exhibition we have about 124 objects of which there are 63 portraits and in curating the exhibition, i was hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed and ratified. But also ask questions about it and ask what does it do and what does it not do and why 1965 and the Voting Rights act is considered another sort of part two of the 19th amendment. So if youll follow me, im going to take you through the exhibition and show you a few of the objects that tell this history. Lets go. Were in the first gallery of the exhibition and i
Next a visit to Smithsonian National portrait gallery. In the second of a two part program, American History tv is given a guide id tour mark the centennial of the 19th amendment. Miss lemay examines the tactics under the leadership of alice paul. Hi. Im the curator of votes for women. Its on view at the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. Im standing in front of what we call your title treatment. Its a large blow up of a german born actress. She was acting as columbia, a figure which represents the United States during the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington, d. C. And thats just one event of the long Suffrage Movement that this exhibit highlights. We have 124 objects that goes into the long history beginning in 1832 and bringing it right up to 1920, but the then also declaring the 19 th amendment which it didnt do which was enfranchise all women including women of color and i took it up to the Voting Rights act of 1965. If youll come with me, well go and
For women. What weding in front of call our title treatment. It is a large blowup of a german born actress. The allegorical figure that represents the United States during the conclusion of the parade in washington, d. C. Thats just one event of the long Suffrage Movement this exhibition highlights. Objects of this long history bringing it right up to 1920. Amendment. E 19th i took the exhibition up to the Voting Rights act of 1965. To explore the 1913 parade more in depth. We are standing in front of the photo postcards of the 19th 13 parade. Completely different tactic than what had been done before with other suffragists. After spending some time in britain she basically got sat got radicalized by the suffragists. Back to the united organized withn the Congressional Union this parade. 8000 suffragists marked marched down the capital, down pennsylvania avenue. The Treasury Building had this pageant. Suffragists had to make their way through 500 thousand spectators. One of the problem
Having, and i feel like this is one of those so im excited for him to speak about it. Im going to give you a little kind of overview. If a cell phone, please take photos, but dont make the flash happen. We are filming tonight, as you probably can see. Its a little distracting. We will have the books for sale. We have them for sale currently and if you would like to, i really implore you to look through it and have alan sign it. Hell be signing afterwards as well. We have a wonderful server in the room. She will be here all night. So please take care of her as she will take care of you. I will now turn it on over to alan for the talk of ghosts of Sheridan Circle. Thanks. [ applause ] thank you very much, olivia. Thank you to busboys and poets for hosting this. I also want to thank my publisher for putting this together, the two institutions who made this book happen in washington. Im so happy to be presenting this in washington which is, you know, literally the scene of this crime. The
We will commemorate the berlin air lift this even. First i want to recognize our cosponsors for this event. Deutschelandier. Did i say that right and the allied museum in berlin where our Vice President , our exhibitions and programs Vice President anna slaver is on the advisory board. Anna. I would like to thank you all for your support and coordination in organizing this even this even. At the moment, i would like to introduce the director of the allied museum in berlin. He is in charge currently of the museum which is moving currently from berlin to a hanger at the former airport in berlin, temple hof. A huge complex built in the nazi era. His academic career brought him to washington, d. C. He was a Research Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial museum working. His latest publication in 2016 dealt with the memorialization of democracy, the history of democracy in museums in memorial sites across germany. Without further ado, i would like to welcome the doctor. Hello. Can i