Biographical information on members, together data and historic lists and to conduct oral histories. We enter reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. We try to tell the story of the house. It is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can connect with it at a humanly level. We do that through telling biographical stories or with clips from oral histories that give people a humans sense of a very large institution. Today, we thought we would try to do that by telling you about the history of women in congress. That is a this is a nifty piece of campaign ephemera. It is for clare booth luce, her reelection campaign. It is quite handy. It tells you what to do. Use this column when voting for clare booth luce. It has a little arrow, and how to make sure that you are pulling the levers. And Clare Boothe Luce wouldve been the republican counterpart of helen douglas. Her career had started as a writer and editor. She was a managing e
Secret in American History by demand because i guess 100 years just means more then any other major milestone and so the whole movement is getting a lot 7 of recognition. And history is there is a lot of the peeling back of an onion so to speak of information that has not been widespread in its way past time so its a very exciting. On your the some projects are historically showcased throughout history you know as white women what i want to ask you if you can what was the role of black women Voting Rights in the history of this movement and why is it consistently stated that the 19th amendment ensured all women Voting Rights access what in fact you know black women face significant barriers to vote and even with the passage of the 9 to the moment how has that been changed over the years and and how has it gotten better. Thats a big question and so. You know the history of the 1000 amendment is a long history and a complicated history and particularly when it comes to regulations so the
Learn about the history of women in congress. Of a second of a two part program we begin the story beginning in the 19 with Republican Congress one woman claire recluse. On the curator for the house of representatives. That means i take a care of a lot of the artifacts, artwork objects that document the houses rich heritage. And that was a risky on the horse historian of the house and my job is to collect biographical information on members, to gather data, and historicless, to conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. We try to tell the story of the house which is very big Old Institution in a way that people can connect with it at a human level. So we do that through telling biographical stories or clips from oral histories that give people kind of a human sense. A very large institution. Today, we thought we try to do that with you about telling you about the history of women in congress which is the history that
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And philadelphia. Good morning everyone. Welcome to this mornings discussion, from the moscow with. To nancy pelosi. Around the table on women, wielding the political power. Im Greta Brawner from cspan, American History tv, on cspan three every weekend. Its happy to coordinate with the organization of american historians to moderate this panel discussion, and of course it could not come at a better moment in history, with the 19th minute granting the women the right to vote. Passed by that u. S. House in the un that senate in 19, and ratified in 1920. If we are 100 years later, the 116th congress has the highest percentage of women ever making up ever, making up a quarter of each chamber. And we have a female speaker for the second time. We have four women still for running for president. Todays panel will look at women, the role of women, and the key turning points for women in the wake of politics. Others you do see to our panelists, i will come back through and have each of them tal