Women in the political process. A critical part of that campaign was getting their message out to the nation and shifting Public Opinion to support their cause. Tonight well learn about the Suffrage Movement the communication machine and how it contributed to the movements success. To introduce our panelists id like to welcome nancy tate to the stage. Since 2015 she has served as the cochair of the 2020 womens Vote Centennial Initiative and also is on the board of the turning point suffrages memorial. From 2000 to 2015 she served as executive director of the legal of women voters. Previously she was chief operating officer of the National Academy of Public Administration and also served under the department of energy, 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
And she is the author of this book inez the life and time of Inez Millholland. Who was she . She was the sole martyr for womens referage movement for womens rights. She was a lawyer who had to fight to be able to practice, she was a free lover, part of the greenitch village crowd, she was a war correspondent, a socialist, an advocate for prostitutes and any person who was the underdog. She was rich. She was beautiful. And she liked to dance. You open the book at baser. What happens . What period are we talking about . She is a junior and a star of the campus. Hillary stanton blast is going out and women are in the tread. Inez spent her teenagerane years in britain she goes to the president and says we will like to have a blast and she doesnt take no for an answer. She leaves one spring day, about 25 students, and faculty follow her from campus next door to the cemetery and there all these women listened to these suffrages. These 20th century women who were independent and all about fre
Youre watching booktv, television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see here online at booktv. Org. And youre watching booktv on cspan2. We are on the campus of the university of arizona talking with professors here who are also authors. Want to introduce you to Linda Lumsden who is an associate professor of journalism here at the university of arizona and the author of this book, inez the life and times of Inez Milholland. Who was she, professor lumsden . Guest well, she was, one, the sole martyr for womens suffrage in the united states. She was arguably the most famous female political figure of the 1910s. And she was the epitome of the new woman which was a group that really were the first feminists of the 20th century. Among other things, she was as vassar graduate, she was a lawyer who had the fight to be able to practice. She was a free lover, part of the Greenwich Village crowd. She was a war correspondent. She was a socialist. She was an advocate for prostitute