Fighting for. And Kamala Harris is the Vice President we need now, committed to our institution, brilliant in defending it and witness to the women of this nation our voices will be heard. Our mission is to fight for a future equal to the ideals of our founders, hopes for our children and the sacrifices of our veterans, brave men and women in uniform and their families. We will increase our majority in the house, we will win a democratic majority in the senate, we will elect Kamala Harris Vice President and elect joe biden Vice President president of the United States of america. God bless america. David that was nancy pelosi addressing the convention live. We have already heard from former secretary of state hillary clinton. Still to come, senator Elizabeth Warren and former president barack obama. The big event is the address from the candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris. We will bring you all of that during this hour. With us throughout our coverage, contributors. Lets start w
Of Congress Carla Hayden. August, 2020, mark stop 100 anniversary of the 19th amendment and womens right to vote. In honor of this milestone of american democracy, congress has designated august as National Womens suffrage month. The womens Suffrage Centennial commission is coordinating National Womens suffrage month on behalf of congress and the barking people and if this history interests you, please in visit the commission at women but 100. Org to learn more and to engage. For now, lets enjoy this conversation between these three brilliant men as we celebrate the centennial of womens suffrage and pate tribute to the legacy of the trailblazing suffragists who paved the way for our right to vote. Hello, colleen, thank you for that thoughtful introduction. I am librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and i join you from the librarys exhibit, shall not be denied. Welcome to womens fight for the road celebrating 100 years of the 19th amendment, a conversation with historian elaine weiss and f
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 celebrating in the mother and the surrogate or helper
A portrait of persistence. For this exhibition, i worked 3. 5 years researching, finding all the objects and teach myself this history. For this exhibition we have , about 124 objects, of which there are 63 portraits. 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 that do and what does that not do . And why 1965, the Voting Rights act is considered a mother a , part two of the 19th amendment. If you will follow me, i will take you through the exhibition and show you a few of the objects that tell this history. So lets go. We are in the first gallery of the exhibition. I mentioned we have portraits that drive the narrative. I also wanted to include pieces of art, like the one we are looking at. It is titled the warfare at home and it is by a female artist. Lily martin spencer. She was active in the 18
Test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 of the story of the American Revolution and the nation. Im interested in these questions of who gets included and ignored in textbooks. Who is honored with monuments and public commemorations and belongs in this country and this countrys story and who does not. Who can claim to be a citizen, a patriot, hero, an american. Increasingly, especially since the last president ial election, americans seem to be discussing these sorts of issues more publicly and with more passion than used to be the case. As we listen to increasingly vocal White Supremacists claiming they want to take our country back, fellow citizens wanting to keep certain people out of the United States based on religion or culture and as we face violent public confrontations over what statutes and monuments represent and which should be torn down, reinterpreted or replaced, i cant help but feel the first martyr of liberty and other works like it are coming ou