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Our nations past. Cspan3 created by americas Cable Television companies as a public service. And brought to you today by your television provider. Each week American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next we take you inside the u. S. Capitols house wing where historian Matthew Wasniewski and karen Farar Elliott traced the history of women in congress. This is the first of a twopart program. The story of women in Congress Begins with jeannette ranken elected to the house in 1916 from montana. Shes elected to the house four years before women had the right to ...

In a way, shes really a bridge from the Suffrage Movement to women attaining full political rights. She was active in a National Womens suffrage organization. She helped women get the right to vote not only in montana, but a couple of states west of mississippi. She runs in 1916. Shes elected to one of montana s to at large districts. Part of her platform is that shes a pacifist. She sworn into the house on april 2nd, 1917, and the house has come into a special session because Woodrow Wilson delivers a message to Congress Asking for a declaration of war against germany. The u. S. Entry into wo...

Followed by a brief q a should there be time for us to do that. I am so pleased tonight to introduce two of our friends and colleagues, the first being dr. Saje mathieu. Dr. Mathieu is an associate professor of history at the university of minnesota. She is just finishing a faculty fellowship at Harvard Universitys center for studies in American History. She earned a joint phd in history and africanamerican studies and specializes in 20th century american and africanAmerican History with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements and political resistance. She is the...

Something so dear and so precious that he would die for it then he doesnt have much to live for. We have seen the revolution began in many ways and through the course of this following has many tributaries. We are concerned with its effects, which we said are not uniform. One of the difficult fights but one in which the negro has scored impressive gains is in shattering what reverend Martin Luther king has called the appalling apathy of the good people. Birmingham helped shatter some of that. A fellow board member of the National Council of churches was told some time or other we are all going...

Finishing up a faculty fellowship at stanford. She earned a joint ph. D. From yale and specializes in 20th century american and African American history with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements and political resistance. Shes the author of a number of books. One of which is available outside and id encourage you to grab a copy while you can. But an upcoming book as well. The glory of their deeds, a global history of black soldiers and the great war era. And sage was working on the book, if i recall, as part of your work at the warren center. Are we close to pu...