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House. Tonight is one of the annual National Heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u. S. Capitol Historical Society and the u. S. Supreme court Historical Society. We have our wonderful colleagues from both here tonight and Jane Campbell is the new president of the capitol Historical Society. On june 4, 1919, the 19th amend was passed and sent to the states for ratification. The suffragists used the white house to bring attention to their cause. Tonight we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure womens right to vote. Before i introduce our speaker, ...

Amendments ratification. The final section examines both the Immediate Impact and the struggles that went into modern day. And we have the curator of that exhibit. [ applause ] one of the goals is to recognize the broad diversity of suffrage activists and the many b bases which american women have been barred for voting. The exhibit looks beyond the familiar names such as susan b. Anthony and others and brings to our attention activists from a variety of backgrounds showing that the cause of suffrage was advanced by american women across race, ethnicity and class. Susan ware, a pioneer and a l...

And it is a lenticular, which has a special effect so that as you walk by the image changes between the two. And we really wanted to have it in the exhibit to help grab the publics attention, and also to signal that this is a historic exhibit, but one that continues to have contemporary relevance today. So lets head now into the lawrence f. Obrien gallery, where rightfully hers is on display. So this is a National Archives exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, but it is more than a 19th amendment exhibition. Thats because the 19th amendment, landmark Voting Right...

Breweries, maybe some of the smaller operations, and the Pearl Brewery kind of was born of that. The reason they came up with pearl was a german brewer saw in his beer the bubbles going up and said, those look like pearls, and so it became Pearl Brewery. Pearl brewery was in san antonio all the way until 2001, from the late 1800s until 2001, and then it fell into disrepair a little bit and was not around anymore and now it has been reborn. A billionaire named kit goldsbury who wanted to invest in his city came in and just revamped this entire place. One of the great things about it is it kind ...

Women yielding political power. Im with cspan, American History on tv on cspan 3 every weekend is happy to coordinate with the organization of american historians to moderate this panel discussion. And of course it could not come at a better moment in history with the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote passed by the house u. S. And u. S. 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 a roughly quarter of each chamber. And we have a female speakr for the second time, and we have four...