Display our understanding of american history. We will be discussing about monuments in the moralization from the late 19th to the early 21st century could help us put our continuing debate over the Meaning And Power of public monuments into a longer and more informed historical perspective. I will delve into the story of what one proposed monument meant to the civil Rights Activist and feminist, Mary Church Terrell, in light of her own history. In 1923, the United Daughters of the confederacy pressed lawmakers in the United States to create a pass a bit to pass a monument to the faithful colored mammys of the south. In 1913 white women unsuccessfully tried to keep black women out of Washington Dc is national suffrage parade. A decade later they tried to fix them permanently in a subordinate though ostensibly celebrated position on the monument in the nations capital. I will be taking a couple of steps back in time. First, lets go back to 1894. That is the year when the United Daughter
creighton, who has written a wonderful new book, and mark sommer, writer for the buffalo news. mark will have a conversation with margaret, then we will open it up. thank you for being here. [applause] mark: hi, margaret. margaret: hi, mark. mark: great to see such a turnout. i really liked your book. i thought it was one of the best works of history. as great works of history do, they make history really come alive. it is one of those rare books that does just that. many people know about the book that talked about the exhibition, the city, a very prosperous city. your book is the first full-length book that focuses specifically on the history of one of the great events that happen in buffalo. world s fairs were once major events in the united states. that is no longer the case. buffalo was one of 15 cities to ever host a world s fair in the united states. it hasn t happened since 1984 in new orleans. the next one is going to be anyone know? probably not. it will be in bec
it s clear from your response that you all do too. give a warm welcome to robin muncy. thank you so much. for that introduction and the invitation to come back. that didn t go too badly. and thank you to everybody at the smithsonian associates who made this possible. people who worked on publicity and taken care of the logistics. okay. let me make sure i got this. good. so the 19th amendment of course the woman s suffrage amendment to the u.s. constitution. finally made it through congress in june of 1919. and it was ratified by three quarters of the states in august of 1920. after that, no state could deny the vote on the basis of sex. tonight our job is to explore some of the meanings of the 19th amendment immediately in the aftermath of its passage. before we drill down on that, however, i want to sketch out very quickly no more than ten minutes. i m trying to mold myself on this. sketch out the context in which the women s suffrage amendment passed and which its first f
[inaudible conversations] hayek, while code tonight to buffalo new york for our regular book event, the author series presented by attacking my folks. my name is leslie stansky, director here and it s my pleasure to welcome a very special guest, margaret creighton, has written a wonderful new book about the pan-american exhibition, which did happen here in buffalo and mark sommer, writer for the buffalo news. he s going to be having a conversation with margaret and then we are going to open it up to members of the audience. thank you so much for being here. [applause] hayek, margaret. hi there, mark. welcome to everybody here tonight. good turnout. i really liked the other side called a rainbow in city. i thought it was the best work of history to make history really come alive.e. it s one of those rare books about buffalo history that does just that. many people here know the city of light, which talks about the pan american exposition of buffalo looked like in 1901
to cause him to run for the house of representatives and the state of michigan and he wanted to be the speaker the house. all of them, they had so many things that were different than i really couldn t have picked a favorite. did you have a favorite first lady. they are all favorites. [laughter] they will never said. thank you all for being here. please come and pick up a book and have it signed and we really appreciate your time and attention. you are watching the tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv, television for serious readers. welcome to buffalo new york for our regular book event. my name is leslie, director and i am pleased to welcome our special guest, margaret crayton who has written a new book about the pan-american exhibition that did happen here in buffalo. also mark, writer for the buffalo news. you have a conversation with margaret and we are going to open it up to members of the audience. thank you so much for b