Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives, accompanied by the honorable Kevin Mccarthy. Ms. Cay coles james, the honorable barbara mikulski, the honorable Brenda Lawrence, the honorable debbie lesco, ms. Koki roberts and ms. Rebecca roberts. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, yes, yes indeed this afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering for what happened 100 years ago today in the house of representatives. Thank the u. S. Army String Quartet for making so pleasant for us. Im honored to be here with Kevin Mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. Mostly our women members of congress. We salute our cochairs of the bipartisan house caucus for womens issues, congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and congresswoman debbie lesco, and let us welcome a trail blazing force for women in journalism and her daughter rebecca an outstanding
We are now going to hear a piece, the final for romeo and juliet. Thank you so much. s. Should okay mexico [applause] [applause] good evening, good evening. Lets give the members of the National Washington opera another round of applause. [applause] my name is jon samuels i had the distinct privilege of introducing the director of this smithsonian natural portrait gallery. The first woman to serve as a director of this missoni at National Portrait gallery has been exploring new ways to place personal experience and creativity at the center of learning and awareness. Ladies and gentlemen i present to some been introduced to others the director of the smithsonian National Portrait gallery. [applause] good evening. I want to welcome you to the smithsonian at the National Portrait gallery. When congress founded the museum it was with the understanding that we would select comic display tell the stories of individuals who have made a major contribution to the u. S. History and culture. As w
As with much of womens history, her story is generally relegated to second tier when talking about her husband, so it is a pleasure tonight to have william hazlegrove here to share his expert perspective and thoughts on her contributions to history. His new book is a look at her role after wilson suffered his debilitating stroke. This latest book is just one of 13 of his books. After his talk books will be , available to purchase and im sure he would be happy to sign them. Please be sure to connect with us through our website and social media so we can keep you uptodate on our Upcoming Events and exhibitions. We will be opening our latest exhibition on october 28. It is called evolving elections. It looks at the 1916 and 2016 elections. Which we will all be glad his history some. One of our most popular events, vintage game nights, is coming up. Please ask any of the staff who is here on how to get involved. Without further ado, william hazlegrove. [applause] mr. Hazelgrove thank you f
Dc. Ashington it was the fifth and final headquarters of the National Womens party. It was founded by alice paul in 1913 as the Congressional Union for womens suffrage. It became the National Womens party in 1916. This group of womens and seven lobbying they president and congress for a , atral suffrage amendment which time, whence they received the amendment, they wrote and began lobbying for the equal rights amendment. They were lobbying for suffrage, they were working all over the country, actively garnering support from western women voters and bringing the fight directly to the president s doorstep. They had headquarters on Lafayette Square where they could walk out the door and be at the president s doorstep in a matter of minutes. They began picketing the white house, one of the first groups to do so, when the United States entered world war i in 1917. At that time, it was quite peaceful but they turned ugly when crowds watching the women picket the white house believes there be
Party in 1916. This group of women spent seven years actively lobbying the president and congress for a federal suffrage amendment. When they received the amendment in 1920, they wrote and began lobbying for the equal rights amendment. When they were lawyering for suffrage, they were working all over the country actively garnering support from western women voters and bringing the fight directly to the president s doorstep. They had headquarters on Lafayette Square where they could all caps edgar and be right at the president s doorstep in a matter of minutes. They began picketing the white house, one of the first groups to do so, when the United States entered world war i in 1917. At that time, it was quite peaceful but they turned ugly when crowds watching the women picket the white house believes there behavior to be unpatriotic, so crowds would throw things at the women, converge on them and tear the banners from their hands. In june of 1917, the women began being arrested on charg