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senate in 1919 and ratified in 1920. here we are 100 years later. the 116th congress has the highest the percentage of women making up roughly a quarter of each chamber. and we have a female speaker for the second time. and we have four women so far running for president. today s panel will look at women, the role of women and the key turning points for women in american politics. i want to introduce our panelists and then we ll come back through and have each of them talk about the books or the period of time they are writing about for about five minutes. and then we ll open up the conversation to all of you. so when we get to that point for questions, i d like each of you to go to the microphone, line up behind the microphone to ask your questions. so let me introduce you to david perry, working at the university of minnesota. he s a descendant of elizabeth. she was a historian and wrote a boom about book about feminism politics. david helped publish his mother s final book
and philadelphia. good morning everyone. welcome to this morning s discussion, from the moscow with. to nancy pelosi. around the table on women, wielding the political power. i m greta brawner from c-span, american history tv, on c-span three every weekend. it s 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. today s 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
women yielding political power. i m with c-span, american history on tv on c-span 3 every weekend is 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 amendment granting women the right to vote passed by the house u.s. and u.s. senate in 1919 and then ratified in 1920. here we are a hundred years later, the 116th congress has the highest percentage of women ever making up a roughly quarter of each chamber. and we have a female speakr for the second time, and we have four women so far running for president. today s panel will look at women, the role of women and the key turning points of women in american politics. i want to introduce each of our panelists and come back through and have each of them talk about their books or the period of time they re writing about for about five minutes and then we ll open up the conversation to all of you. so let me i
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