remembering the brave women and men that started the national organization for women. it was june of 1966 that they first got together. since nobody, we do not have anyone living who was at the first meeting, at the washington hilton. no, second meeting. come on. here is some of the history here. there was a very active women s bureau and the department of labor. in 1966, the democrats were in charge, president kennedy had been elected. the women from labor and uaw and other unions are very active in the department of labor and the women s bureau was led by feminists and they persuaded the president to call a meeting of commissions on the status of women. there were many states, i do not know if all states have them, but the commissions on the status of women were kind of organizing that was going on in the states without a feminist movement to kind of pull everyone together. the commissions often served as a place where women met and came together. kathryn clarenbach was the
the brave women and men who started the national organization for women and it was june of 1966 that they first got together. we don t have anyone living who is at that first meeting, at the , here is someton of the history. there was a very active women s bureau in the department of labor. in 1966, the democrats were in charge. president kennedy had been elected. were very active in the department of labor and women s bureau and was led by feminist. they persuaded the president to call a meeting of commissions on the status of women there. were i don t know if all states had them but the commissions on the status of women were kind of an organizing that was going on in the states, without a feminist movement to kind of pull everybody together. the commission often served as a place where women met and came together. dr. catherine was the head of the commission in wisconsin and she was also head of the organization of the committee. she was a big deal. she along with other wo
i am going to be the moderator of the workshop today. [applause] nothing but stars on the panel here. [laughter] i feel very honored to even be here today and be remembering the brave women and men who started the national organization for women. 1966 that they first together. living whove anyone was at that first meeting. at the washington hilton. second meeting. some of the history. very active women s bureau in the department of labor. in 1966, the democrats were in charge. president kennedy had been elected. the women from unions were very active in the department of labor and the women s bureau was very led by feminists. they persuaded the president to call meeting of commissions on the status of women. the commissions on the status of women were organizing going on in the states without a feminist movement to pull everybody together. the commissions often serve as a place where women met and came together. enbock wasine clark boug that of the commission in washington
the debated at length what the senate was supposed to look like. they went back and forth with different models. but when i came to the senate, madison and the others mate clear you use coo not have the direct election of senators without creating a centralized government. they wanted a federal republican not all-powerful government and even made this case to the states when it went to the states for ratification of the constitution. they said, look, the senate is made up of individuals chosen by the state legislature, so you ll have a role in the federal lawmaking process, among other things. so the federalists used the senate, among other things, and the nature of the senate to per said the antifederalists to support the constitution, and if we had had direct election of senators to the original constitution there would not be an original constitution. the states would not have ratified it. furthermore, who exactly do the senators represent? it s the most bizarre body that
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