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 sort of part two of the 19th amendment . So if youll follow me, im going to take you through the exhibition and show you a few of the objects that tell this history. So lets g
Beautiful, thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. It just lifts the spirits and prepares us for the learning ahead. We are so grateful and honored that you came tonight and grateful to cspan for covering this important discussion about womens suffrage and elizabeth stantons role in it. During these anxious times, as many people are avoiding leaving the home in large public gatherings, its so important to engage in Lifelong Learning and that is why watching cspan is so important. Please also, and friends here as well, use the National Constitution centers virtual online resources to learn about the constitution. We have this spectacular new program called classroom exchanges where we unite classrooms across the country for live discussions about the constitution moderated by judges and master teachers with classes around the country as you look for ways to continue your learning from home. Check out the interactive constitution, pick up provisions of the constitution you dont know abo
Hi, welcome to the National Portrait gallery at the civilian institution. I am the curator of votes for women, a portrait of resistance. For this exhibition, i worked 3. 5 years researching, teaching myself this history, and finding all the objects. In this exhibit we have about 124 objects, including 63 portraits. In thisw 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 not do and why 1965, the Voting Rights act, was considered a part two of the voting amendment. I will show you a few of the objects that tell this history, so lets go. Were in the first gallery of the exhibition. And i mentioned we have portraits that drive the narrative, but i also wanted to include in the exhbitionj pieces of art, like the one were looking at which is titled the war spirit at home. Its by a female artist. He was active in th
Than that with women who were interested in the Abolitionist Movement but were excluded in london and elsewhere. They thought it was important for women to talk about their own rights, and in fact, the question of the rights to vote in 1848 was probably, of the many items on the agenda was the most controversial, and it was a very close vote. People or women at the convention were more focused on other aspects of womens rights at the time, but that really is the date that we highlight as the start of the womens Suffrage Movement. Greta what is happening in other countries at this time . Are women in other countries able to vote . Dr. Banaszak to start, i would say that women in new jersey voted from 1776 to about 1807, so women and at least part of the United States have the right to vote, and then it is taken away at the constitution is revived. The first country to give women the right to vote was new zealand, and that was in 1893, so much earlier than in the United States, although
They thought it was important for women to talk about their own rights, and in fact, the question of the rights to vote in 1848 was probably, of the many items on the agenda was the most controversial, and it was a very close vote. People or women at the convention were more focused on other aspects of womens rights at the time, but that really is the date that we highlight as the start of the womens Suffrage Movement. Greta what is happening in other countries at this time . Are women in other countries able to vote . Dr. Banaszak to start, i would say that women in new jersey voted from 1776 to about 1807, so women and at least part of the United States have the right to vote, and then it is taken away at the constitution is revived. The first country to give women the right to vote was new zealand, and that was in 1893, so much earlier than in the United States, although 1890 is the first state in the United States to give women the right to vote kind of permanently, and that is wyo