I am the rector of st. Johns church, and i am thrilled that our friends at the White House Historical association asked us to provide space for tonights conversation. Stewart asked if i would share a little bit about the history of this very historic room that you are sitting in tonight and so i will share with you that this church was completed in 1816. The architect was Benjamin Henry latrobe. Not only did he design this church, he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed by the british in the war of 1812, and in 1818 he built Decatur House which is now the home of the White House Historical association and if you go inside the Decatur House and you look up, you see a very similar entrance. It is almost like a miniature of this dome that we have in our church space and the Original Church was built as a greek cross. So it was an even four sides and just six years later in 1822, they expanded the Church Building to make room for more seating. We dont know who t
Key role it played in the 19th amendment. Guest yes, in august of 1920, 30 five states had ratified the 19th but the 36th state was elusive. There were 48 states in the United States at that time, and according to the constitution, ofre was required 3 4 number states to ratify to make the night he could mimic part of because addition, and really the last battle came down to tennessee. State thatot another could ratify the 19th amendment, and if women were going to have the 1920t to vote in election, it all came down to tennessee. Host tennessee and also one key vote. This is the headline from the washington post, a mothers that are, a signs choice, and the incredible moment women won the right to vote. Their letter was written by the mother of henry t. Burn. Guest harry byrne was a in theator Tennessee State house that represented east tennessee. His district was not particularly supportive of the 19th amendment, and the governor session toa special consider the 19th amendment, so urn
House. 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. We have our wonderful colleagues from both here tonight and Jane Campbell is the new president of the capitol Historical Society. On june 4, 1919, the 19th amend was passed and sent to the states for ratification. The suffragists used the white house to bring attention to their cause. Tonight we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure womens right to vote. Before i introduce our speaker, i have a couple other introductions and things to share. First of all we have guests from Smith College here tonight, the Washington Club of Smith College. Stand up. Stand up for the Smith College. [ applause ] theyre our special guests tonight. Were honored to have them. I would also like to tell you a little bit about the White House Historical association and for those of you who have been with
To vote, the National Portrait gallery, National Archives and the library of congress have created special exhibits. Curators talk about the Creative Process behind the exhibits including determining goals in selecting objects. The berkshire conference of womens historians and the womens Suffrage Centennial commission hosted this event. Im martha jones, a copresident along with tie i cant miles along the berkshire conference. Im happy to be welcoming all of you to this evenings conversation, and i have to extend the special embrace to our members tuning in from all over the world today. With this event, we begin a conference weekend, the big berkes 2020, not as we planned for in baltimore at johns hopkins. Instead, were being linked together by digital sound and image. I, for one, am grateful even for this today. The year 2020 marks 100 years since the 19th amendment, Legal Protection for womens votes became part of the u. S. Ko constitution. For us as historians of womens genders and
This discussion. Watching on cspan three. My name is stewart mike lauren and im the president of the White House Historical association. Its my privilege to welcome you, many of you back to historic deindicate historic Decatur House and 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. We have our wonderful colleagues from both here tonight and my great friend jane campbell, the new president of the capitol Historical Society. And i would like to welcome her tonight. On june 4th, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratification. The sufferagists used the white house as a backdrop to challenge inequity and bring attention to the cause and tonight we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure womens rights to vote. Before i introduce our speaker, i have a couple of other intro