Type in the code dfw world, and youll get 10 off, not just on suffrage, but for any books that you find that will be in your shopping cart. I want to give special thanks to our director, maise hiken for being a sponsor of the program and so much thanks to the league of women voters in dallas for being our promotional partner. And to keep up with our programs, go to dfw world. Org, or if you missed a program, you can go to our you tube channel and it wont surprise you that the way to find our channel there is to type in dfw world. As i mentioned, lee is indeed a special friend of the World Affairs counsel. She is the host of a terrific program on kera. Its called ceo, where she interviews Global Business leaders and you can catch that, if youve migszssed one of her programs live and go to the kera web site to see some of her past programs. Lee is a senior fellow at the tower center here in dallas at Southern Methodist university, and she also has served for a number of years in a very a
The ratification of the 19th amendment in the World Affairs 1920. Council of dallasfort worth hosted this online event. Jim hi, everyone. I am jim falk. Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. Joining us this afternoon is dr. Ellen carol dubois. She is the author of suffrage womens long battle for the vote. I am so pleased the conversation be with lee column a very dear , and special friend and supporter of the World Affairs council. Let me remind you, you can purchase a copy by going to dallas independent bookstore. Please be sure to type in the code dfw world and you will get , 10 off not just on suffrage but any book in your shopping cart. I why give special thanks to our director maisie high ken for , being a sponsor of todays program. And so much thanks the league of women voters of dallas, for being our promotional partner. There were could not be more important. To keep up with our part our programs go to dfw world. Org or if you missed a program go to our Youtube Ch
That just a minute. I have to start out, full disclosure, and say that when johanna wrote me about this event a few months ago and said is there any chance youd be free . I wrote her immediately back and said absolutely. I would love to see you. The book sounds great. I cant wait to see it. We go back to the white house in the early 1980s when both of us were just out of middle school. Well put it this way, we were early on in our career as journalists. I think we bonded back then, even though i was in broadcast and she was in front. We always kind of gravitated towards each other. I was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was such a respected journalist. Johanna, youve gone on to even greater things. She went on to earn her ph. D. As youve just heard, she is a scholar and resident. Shes done extraordinary historical work. For those of you have not had a chance to read it or peek at it, you are in for a treat. Johanna, without going any longer on all the professes, just why havent
Was in print. We always kind of gravitated toward each other. I was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was such a respected journalist. But johanna, youve gone on to even greater things. She went on to earn her ph. D. , as you just heard. She is a scholar in residence. Shes done extraordinary historical work and this latest book is just a treat for all of you who havent had a chance to read it yet or peek at it, you are truly in for a treat. So johanna without going any longer on all the prefaces, just why havent you changed in 30 years . [laughter] johanna full disclosure good doctors. [laughter] judy you covered i knew you as a reporter, Los Angeles Times, covering politics. You covered the white house, the state department and conditioning congress. How did you find your way from doing that to being interested in history . Johanna well, actually, i was very happy as a journalist. I loved what i was doing. Can you all hear me . But in late 2008 when the economy was collapsing,
Engaged large numbers of women in the political process. A part of the campaign was getting the message out to the nation and shifting Public Opinion to support their case. Tonight we learn about the Suffrage Movement communication machine and how it contributed to the movements success. To introduce our panelists id like to welcome nancy tate to the stage. Sinceo 2015 shes served as cochair of the 2020 womens Vote Centennial Initiative and also is on the board of the turning point suffragist morial from 2000 to 2015 served as the executive director of the league of women voters and is serving the National Academy of Public Administration and also served in the department of energy and department of education and the office of economic opportunity. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome nancy tate. [applause] well, thank you. Its so wonderful to be here at the National Archives especially in light of their new exhibit that hes just mentioned, rightfully hers. Ive just seen it and encoura