Im the historian at the house. And my job is to collect biographical information on members, gather lists and to conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill and we try to tell the story of the house which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can kind of connect with it at a human level. We do that through telling biographical stories or clips from oral histories that give people kind of a human sense of a very large institution. And today we thought we would try and do that with you by telling you about the history of women in congress which is a history that dates back to the early 20th century. This is a nifty piece of campaign femora. Its Clare Boothe Luce memorabilia. And Clare Boothe Luce would have been the republican counterpart of helen douglas. She was well known to the general public. Her career really had started as a writer and editor. She later married henry luce, the founder of
This was the first of a twopart program. You can view this and all other american artifact programs on our website, cspan. Org history. Each week, American History tv is american artifact visits museums and historic places. Next we take you inside the house wing of the u. S. Capitol to learn about the history of women in congress. In the second of a twopart program, we continue the story into the 1940s with republican congresswoman clare booth luce. I am sarah elliott. I am the curator for the house of representatives. I take care of a lot of the artifacts, artwork, objects that document the houses rich heritage. I am the historian at the house. My job is to collect biographical information on members, to gather data and historic lists and to conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. We try to tell the story of the house. Which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can connect with it at a
Across the uk, landmarks including the blackpool tower, Wembley Stadium and the london eye illuminate in his honour. This morning well have reaction and tributes from those he loved, helped and inspired. And the World Of Sport, that captain sir tom loved so much, has been paying tribute. The former Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis hill said he will forever be a hero to many people. She presented him with a special award in december. And scientists discover the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is 76 effective during the three months after the first dose. Good morning. Today we have got some rain, sleet and mostly hill snow moving across Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland. Southern england are seeing some heavy rain, but in between some heavy some sunshine and showers. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 3rd of february, and todays breakfast is a special programme to celebrate the life of a man who gave us so much of his time over the last ten months captain sir tom moor
Television for serious readers. Good evening. My name is jim, im the executive Vice President of the Richard Nixon foundation. Its always a pleasure to welcome you all here to the Beautiful Library in orange county, california. Id like to think our numbers were training us this evening. If you are a member, stand up and be recognized. Come on, theres a couple of you here. There we go. [applause] its an exclusive group of members who support the ongoing quirks of president nixons foundation which applies the legacy and vision that he had two opportunities facing our nation in the world today. If youre interested in joining, track me down. Anybody can get you signed up this evening. Id like to tell you about a few special offense, august 20, their new amazon number one bestseller, justice on trial about the Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings. September 11, we will host two programs, first as an annual commemoration of patriots day and then we will host Supreme Court justice or such that ev
Come at a better moment in history with the 19th amendment granting the women the right to vote passed by the u. S. House and senate in 1919 and then ratified in 1920. Here we are a hundred years later, the 116th congress has the highest percentage of women ever making up roughly a quarter of each chamber, and we have a female speaker for the second time and four women so far running for president. Todays panel will look at women, the role of women and the key turning points for women in american politics. I want to introduce each of our panelists and come through and have each of them talk about their books or the period of time theyre writing about for about five minutes, and then well open up the conversation to all of you. So when we get to that point for questions, id like each of you to go to the microphone, line up behind the microphone to ask your questions. So let me introduce you to david perry. Journalist and historian working at the university of minnesota. Hes the descende