It is overlaid with a photograph from the 2017 womens march from pennsylvania avenue as well. And it is a lenticular, which has a special effect so that as you walk by the image changes between the two. And we really wanted to have it in the exhibit to help grab the publics attention, and also to signal that this is a historic exhibit, but one that continues to have contemporary relevance today. So lets head now into the lawrence f. Obrien gallery, where rightfully hers is on display. So this is a National Archives exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, but it is more than a 19th amendment exhibition. Thats because the 19th amendment, landmark Voting Rights victory that it was for women, did not give all women the right to vote. Millions of women were already voters by the time the 19th amendment was added to the constitution, but millions of women for reasons other than their sex remained unable to vote. And so this exhibit looks at that story as well. We
Train together to write a book called the suffragist playbook if you can take a look here you will learn about this book but moreor importantly you will lean about the suffragists and what they did, how they did it, some of the encouraging and discouraging things as they were working on it. So the idea is we can learn a lot and they were the first to do f a parade down pennsylvania avenue and to pick at the white house and now we see that as commonplace. The project director for our mothersef before us journalist, a producer, a two or, a forensic anthropologist but an event planner, a political consultant, a jazz singer and a radio talkshow host. Currently she is the curator of programming for plan world, and new museum in the historic Franklin School in downtown washington. Roberts lives here in washington, d. C. With her husband, three signs and a big fat dog. These women have been friends since childhood, and took the risk to come together and write a book. And so theyre going to ta
Booktv he could find us on Twitter Facebook and youtube. And Rebecca Boggs roberts who had joined together to write a book called the suffragist playbook. If you can take a look here, you will learn about this book more important you will learn about the suffragists and what they did, how they did it, some of the encouraging things and some of the discouraging things as they as they were working on a. So the idea is that we can learn a lot from suffragists and that the suffragists with the first to doo a parade down pennsylvana avenue, the first to pick the white house andow now we see tht as commonplace. To let me tell you about these two women. Lucinda robb was the project director for our mothers before us, we meet and democracy, 1789 hyphen in 20 at the center for legislative archives here and this project we discovered thousands of overlooked original documents and really she helped to organize the National Archives in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the 19th amendment in 1
Speak about a year ago. At the time, she said that she was doing research on what happened after women got the vote. And i thought that sounds like a really interesting program. Its clear from your response that you all do too. Give a warm welcome to robin muncy. Thanks for being here. [ applause ] thank you so much. For that introduction and the invitation to come back. That didnt 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 womans 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 t
Speak about a year ago. At the time, she said that she was doing research on what happened after women got the vote. And i thought that sounds like a really interesting program. Its clear from your response that you all do too. Give a warm welcome to robin muncy. Thanks for being here. [ applause ] thank you so much. For that introduction and the invitation to come back. That didnt 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 womans 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 t