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
Cspan3. Next, a visit to the Smithsonians National portrait gallery. In the second of a twopart program, historian Kate Clarke Lemay gives American History tv a guided tour of an exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment using political cartoons and images of suffragists picketing the white house, ms. Lemay explores the National Womens Party Tactics under the leadership of alice paul. Hi, im kate lemay, and im the curator of votes for women, a portrait of persistence, which is an exhibition on view at the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. And im standing in front of what we call our title treatment. Its a large blowup of headwig lik riker who was a german born actress. During the finnish or the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington, d. C. , andst that just one event of the long Suffrage Movement that this exhibition highlights, and we have 124 objects that goes into the long history beginning in the 1832 and bringing it right up to 1920, but the
Exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment. Using political cartoons and images of separatist picketing the white house, exploiting the test exploring the National Womens Party Tactics under the leadership of alice paul. Inx am the curator of floats for women, an exhibition on view at the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. I am standing in front of a large blowup of a german born actress. She was acting as columbia, the allegorical figure, during the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington d. C. That is just one event of the long Suffrage Movement that this highlights. We have 124 objects that go into the long history beginning in 1832 and 21920. 1920. Right upt o to but also carrying the 19th amendment and what it did not do. I then took the exhibition right up to the Voting Rights act. 1965. We are going to explore the 1913 parade, more in depth. So, we are standing in front of a postcard of the parade, organized by alice paul. This is a completel
And what was it that triggered off the movement . An interesting question. The traditional date we look at is 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention for womens rights. In truth, it started a little bit earlier than that with women who were interested in the Abolitionist Movement that were excluded from inventions in london and elsewhere deciding that they also thought it was important for women to talk about their own rights. And in fact, the question of the right to vote in 1848 was probably of the many items on the agenda was the most controversial. It was a very close vote. People were 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 movement. What is happening in other countries at this time . To start i would say it is important to note that women in new jersey voted from 1776 until about 1807. Women in at least part of the United States had a right to vote. It was taken away
History tv a guided tour of an exhibit marking the centennial of the amendment using political cartoons and images of suffragists picketing the white house. And womens Party Tactics under leadership of alice paul. I am kate clarke lemay, curator of an exhibition on view of the National Portrait gallery on the smithsonian institution. Our title treatment is a large blowup of hedwig riker who was a german born actress and she was acting at columbia, the allegorical figure that represents the United States during the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington dc and that is just one event of the long Suffrage Movement this exhibition highlights, 124 objects, long history beginning in 1832, right up to 1920, also querying the nineteenth amendment, to franchise all women including women of color. I took that up to the Voting Rights act of 1965. If you will come with me we are going to explore the 1913 parade more in depth. So we are standing in front of several postcards of the 1913 parade