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mcgowin theater at the national archives. i m debra wall, deputy archivist for the united states and i m pleased you can join us whether you re here in the theater or joining us through facebook, youtube, or c-span. tonight s discussion of women suffragists and the men who supported them, the suffragents is part of our series rightfully hers: american women and the vote. our partners are the 2020 women s vote seicentennial initiative and the one woman one vote initiative. our story tells the story of women s struggle for voting rights. to secure these rights, women activists had to win allies in men in influential positions. it was men who sat in the state legislatures that would ratify or reject the amendment. when rightfully hers opened in our lawrence o brien gallery last may, guests at the opening reception were offered a yellow rose pin as they entered the museum. that evoked the badges worn by men. this nod to the role that men played came as something of a surp ....
support. our special exhibit, rightfully hers, tells the story of the woman struggle for voting rights. women activists had to win allies among men in influential positions. it was men who sat in state legislatures that would ratify or reject the 19 amendment, whose centennial we celebrate. when rightfully hers opened, guests were offered a yellow rose pin when they entered. that was won by members of the men s league for women s suffrage. for many guests, this not to the role that men played came as a surprise. tonight we will take a look at the suffragists and their contributions to the voting right struggle. it s my pleasure to welcome nancy tate, she has served as the cochair of the women s vote centennial initiative and is also on the board of the turning point suffragists memorial. she served as the executive director of the league of women voters, and previously she served as the chief operating officer at the national academy of public administration and with th ....
us online. tonight s discussion of women s suffragists and the men who supported them, the suffrage gents and their role is part of the series related to our special exhibit rightfully hers. our partners are the 2020 women s vote centennial initiative and the one woman, one vote 2020 festival. we thank them for their support. our special twibt tells the story of women s voting rights. to sure these they had to win allies among men in influential positions. it was men who sat in the state legislatures that would ratify or reject the 19th amendment who s centennial we now celebrate. when it opened in our gallery last may guests at the opening reception were offered a yellow rose pin as they entered. that evoked the badges worn by members of the men s league for women s suffrage. to many guests this nod to the role that men played came as something of a surprise. tonight we re going to take a look at those suffrage gents and their contributions to the voting rights struggl ....
museum andtional spy smithsonian associates cohosted this 90 minute event. we are delighted to have our own historian. dr. vince houghton. he is the historian and curator of the museum. he holds a phd in military history from the university of maryland, where his research centered on u.s. scientific and technological intelligence in the second world war and the cold war. it makes them ideally suited to deliver today s talk. he also got his masters degree focusing on the relationship .etween the u.s. and russia you may get some questions focusing on our current difficulties with russia. on thetalked extensively history of u.s. intelligence, diplomatic history, the cold war . he is a u.s. army veteran, serving in the balkans where he assisted in civilian and military intelligence activities. we are delighted to have you as our speaker. please help me welcome vince houghton. [applause] thank you, peter. thank you for coming here today. any chance to talk about the atom ....
questionsy get some focusing on the current russia.ties with he has taught extensively, including at the university of of then history u.s. intelligence, diplomatic oftory, cold war, history science. u.s. army veteran. balkans where he assisted in both civilian and military intelligence activities. so we re just delighted to have you as our speaker, as the first speaker. please help me welcome vince houghton. [applause] thank you, peter. thank all of you for coming here today. to get to talk about the atomic spies and nuclear intelligence, this is my field. this is also my passion. i try to do everything i can to talk about this to anyone who wants to listen. so it is nice to have people to listen. i really fell in love, probably a weird word when you talk about the nuclear annihilation of the united states. but i fell in but i fell in love with the intricacies of the weapons system that is the worst the world has ever seen but the same time might be primarily respo ....