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Gallery. An exhibit marking the cen ten val of the 19th amendment using images of early suffrage leaders, miss lemay shows how the movement interacted with the abolitionist and tetraum presen movement. Welcome to the National Portrait gallery. Im kate lemay, the curator of votes for women, a portrait of persistence. For this exhibition i worked about 3 1 2 years researching and teaching myself this history and finding all the objects. In the exhibition we have 124 objects of which there are 63 portraits and i was hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed and ratified, but also ask questions about it and ask what does it do and what does it not do. And why 1965 and the vote rights act is considered another sort of part two of the 19th amendment. If youll follow me i will take you through the exhibition and show you a few objects that tel ....
Of the 19th amendment. She shows how the movement intersected with the abolitionists and temperance movements. This is the first of a twopart program. Hi, everyone. Welcome to the National Portrait gallery as the smithsonian institution. Im Kate Clarke Lemay and im the curator of votes for women. For this exhibition, i worked about 3 1 2 years, researching, teaching myself this history and finding all the objects. In the exhibition, we had about 124 objects of which there are 63 portraits and in curating the exhibition, i was hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed and ratified. But also ask questions about it and ask what does it do and what does it not do . And why 1965 and the Voting Rights acts is considered another so ....
About 3. 5 years researching, teaching myself this history, and finding the objects. We have 124 objects. There are 63 portraits. Commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed in ratified. It also ask questions about and what does it do and what does it not do. Anothers considered part two of the 19th amendment. I will take you through the exhibition and show you a few of the objects that tell the history. Lets go. We are in the first gallery of the exhibition. We have portraits that guide the narrative. I wanted to include pieces of art. Like the one we are looking at. It is by a female artist. In 1860s and i wanted to include this painting because it portrays Young Children you have four kids the kids are celebrating and the mother is reading the new york times. You have a servant or helper cleaning the dishes. What i liked about this painting is that ....
Teaching history in finding all the objects, we had about 124 objects, and which there are 63 portraits and i was hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment until the history of the 19th amendment and how women, lobbyist get this amendment passed and ratified, but also asked questions about it and ask what does it do, what doesnt not do and why 1965 in the Voting Rights act is considered another part two of the 19 the moment, so if you follow me ill take you through the exposition and show you a few of the objects the tell the history, lets go. Were in the first gallery of the exposition and i mentioned that we have portraits that drive the narrative but i also wanted to include pieces of art like the one that we are looking at which is titled the work at home and is by a female artist, she was acting in 1860 and i wanted to include this painting because it portrays young children, you have these four kids, one is a baby and they are ....