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
roughly a quarter of each chamber. and we have a female speaker for the second time. we have four women so far running for president. today s panel will look at the role of the women in american politics. i want to introduce each of the panelists and come back through and have them talk about the books or the period of time that they are writing about. and then we will open up the conversation to each of you. when we get to that point i would like you to line up at the microphone to ask your questions. let me introduce you to david perry who works at the university of minnesota. . a descendent of belle moscowitzm david helped publish his mother s final book. susan is the author of beyond - susan is the author of beyond suffrage and the book why they marched. felicia is a university of vermont professor and co-author of the book with gwendolyn ensuring poverty, and feminism perspective. maryellen is a history professor and the director of american studies at american un
women in politics from the 1920s. behind the scenes and is elected representatives. they talk about suffragists, new deal e.r.a., including barbara jordan and patsy mink. this is about 95 minutes. good morning everyone welcome to this morning s discussion, a roundtable on women wielding power. this is american history tv on c-span 3. correlating with the organization of american historians. it could not come at a better moment in history. with the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote passed in the u.s. senate in 1919 and ratified in 1920. here we are 100 years later, and the congress has the highest percentage of women ever. a quarter of each chamber. and we have a female speaker for the second time. we have four women so far running for president. today s panel will look at the role of the women in american politics. i want to introduce each of the panelists and come back through and have them talk about the period of time that they are writing about. then we wi
war. booktv in prime time continues this week. tonight after the communicators, we ll bring you authors from book fairs and festivals. at 8:30 p.m. eastern, we begin with oscar goodman at freedom fest. he talks about being oscar: from mob lawyer to mayor of las vegas. after that, we ll go to this year s printer s row literary festival to hear about the cooked seed. then on to bookexpo be america in new york city city with erica jong who talks about fear of flying. and we finish with author and radio talk show host larry elder at the los angeles times festival of books as he discusses his memoir about his troubled relationship with his father in dear father, dear son. booktv in prime time all this week on c-span2. c-span, created by america s cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. host: well, with the announcement this week that the washington post has been sold to jeff bethos, we thought we d take this oppo
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