The National Archives hosted the event in conjunction with their centennial exhibit, rightfully hers. American women and the vote. Tonights discussion is part of a series of programs related to our recently opened exhibit, rightfully herself. American women and the vote. Rightfully hers commemorates the anniversary and tells of womens struggles for Voting Rights towards equal citizenship, explores how women across the spectrum of race, ethnicity and class advanced the cause of suffrage and follows struggles for Voting Rights beyond 1920. The decadeslong fight for the vote in the 19th and early 20th century engaged large numbers of women in the political process. A critical part of that campaign was getting their message out to the nation and shifting Public Opinion to support their cause. Tonight well learn about the Suffrage Movement the communication machine and how it contributed to the movements success. To introduce our panelists id like to welcome nancy tate to the stage. Since 2
My name is theo tyson. It is my distinct and sincere pleasure to welcome you and our speaker christina wolbrecht, this evening. Before we begin, i want you to please take note of the two emergency exits that are marked at the front and rear of the room. If you will also take a moment to please silence your cellphones so that we do not disrupt this fascinating top. While you are doing that, i would love to share with you and installation that i have recently curated on our north while entitled anti suffrage. Using materials from he boston athenaeum special collections, we take a look at how the Suffrage Movement contributed to be designing womens roles and responsibilities and society from various perspectives as they abide for quality. It represents the complexities to secure and protect Voting Rights for women and people of color in the past and today. Please take a look after the top. Id love to hear your feedback. If you have any questions ill be here to answer them. I should also m
Next on american history, the reasons men supported the 19th amendment, this National Archives event is one of a series associated with an exhibit, wifely hers, american women and the vote. Good evening, welcome to the theater at the National Archives. Im deborah, deputy archivist of the united states. Im pleased you could join us. Whether you are here at the theater or joining us through facebook, youtube, or cspan. Tonights discussion of women suffragists and the men who supported them as part of a series of events related to our Current Special exhibit, rightfully hers, american women and the vote. Our partners are here tonight and we thank them for their support. Our special exhibit, rightfully hers, tells the story of the woman struggle for Voting Rights. Women activists had to win allies among men in influential positions. It was men who sat in state legislatures that would ratify or reject the 19 amendment, whose centennial we celebrate. When rightfully hers opened, guests were
Presidencpresident s into the bos featured historians, visit cspan. Org the president s available in paperback, hardback and ebook, wherever books are sold. Welcome to the program supposed to be cosponsored by the university of history. My name is jim andsign presidenand im president of theg important books in American History which 18th century volumes behind me or current important books by some of the major prizewinning historians in the country. William roka at the institute most recently on the Hamilton Education program, william will present the historians and then died the question and answer session towards the end. Other programs sponsored by lehrman. Good afternoon everyone is welcome to the Gilder Lehrman book break here on june 14. Welcome, everyone. Todays guest will be professor Elizabeth Varon in her book, armies of deliverance. For those that are not familiar with the Gilder Lehrman institute, first welcome. We are so glad you could join us. To tell you just a little bi
That they also thought it was important for women to talk about their own rights. And, in fact, the question of the right to vote in 1848 was probably of the many items on the agenda, was the most controversial. It was a very close vote. Women at the convention and others focused on access of womens rights at the time. Thats really the date that we highlight as the start of the womens Suffrage Movement. What is happening in other countries at this time . Are other women allowed to vote . Its important to note that actually women in new jersey voted from 1776 to about 1807. So women in at least partly of the United States had the right to vote. Then it was taken away as the constitution was revised. In point of fact the first country to give women the right to vote was in new zealand 1893, much earlier than in the United States, although 1890 the first state to give women the right to vote permanently and that was in 1890 in wyoming. The u. S. Was not the earliest of the countries to gi