Up a brochure at the front desk. You can join our mailing list to stay informed of upcoming programs i filling out information on your evaluation sheet jade you can pick one up at the front desk. As many of you know, we are a National Research library of American History and culture Whose Mission is to share the printed record of what is now the United States, portions of canada and the british west indies. We collect everything and everything anything and thesehing within parameters. We use these collections as the basis for all of our programs, which bring scholars, programs, writers and students together to participate in workshops and a variety of other programs about pre20thcentury america. Tonights lecture is part of a series of programs we are offering tactic to an exhibition called beyond midnight, paul revere. The exhibition is on display through june 7. One part is at the west or art museum and the other part is at the concord art museum. The exhibition will conclude its will
Tonight and my great friend the new president of the capitol historical society. On june 4, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratification. The suffragists used the white house as a backdrop to challenge inequity and bring attention to their cause. And tonight we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure womens right to vote. But before i introduce our speaker i have a couple of other introductions and things id like to share. First of all we have guests from Smith College here tonight, the Washington Club of Smith College. Stand up the washington Smith College crowd. Theyre our special guests tonight and were honored to have them. Id also like to tell you a little bit about the White House Historical association. And for those of you who have been with us before know i love to talk about our wonderful mission begun in 1961 by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy. And remember she was only 31 years old when her husband was inaugurated p
Good evening, everyone. Im the director of outreach here. I want to welcome you to this talk. First nurseries of spring programs. You can find out more about these programs by picking up more at the front desk. You can fill out the information evaluation sheet. You can also pick one up at the front desk. We are a National Research library Whose Mission is to preserve and share the printed record of the United States, portions of canada, before the 21st century. We collect anything and everything in these parameters. From graphic prints to newspapers and periodicals and pamphlets and books. We use these collections as the basis for all of these programs. Together to it is death participate in a workshop, performances, and other things. Tonights lecture is part of a program we are operating connecting it is beyond midnight, paul revere. It is an two parts. The Wooster Art Museum and other at the museum in massachusetts. It will be on display from july 4 to october 26, 2020. I highly enco
Report of the stories of the day. Funds from cspan2 come from these companies and more including comcast. You think its a Community Center . Its way more than that. Comcast is partnering so students can be prepared for anything. Comcast along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Throughout the seminar youve been thinking about images during this 19th century period and specifically today we are going to think about the ways that image really constructed gender roles, particularly in the 19th century and the way that activists use images to shape, alter, change gender roles during this time period, too. So id like to start off with is just to think about the ways that these images are part of our culture today and one is portraits. Like susan anthonys portrait we see in the student march parade. Shes the closest to us with a circle glasses and we see the march down pennsylvania avenue and this emphasis on this very celebrated 19th century womens rights lea
Aims to close the gender gap in Political Leadership and we offer academic and practical Campaign Training and we facilitate research and discussions like this on women in politics. So tonight we want to take a look back all the way back 100 years to the arrow right after the ratification and passage of the 19th amendment because understandably the fight for womens equality did not stop with the success of the suffrage movement. There was more to do and thats but our discussion will center on this evening with dr. Rebecca wolfe who has just the wolf. Sorry. Okay was written a amazingly book. Its entitled gendered citizenship the original conflict over the equal rights amendment 1920 to 1963 and dr. Wolfe de wolf is a historian who arent her phd right here at American University and we are proud that she is also a wpi Course Instructor this semester teaching a class on this very subject and im sure we have a few of her students joining us this evening. I want to let everybody know befor