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Amendment. Today our new exhibit, rightfully hers, american women and the vote, opened up stair in the lawrence f. Obrien gallery. This exhibit is a corner stone of our sentenal celebration of the 19th amendment. Which gave women the right to vote. The 19th amendment is rightfully celebrated as a major milestone made possible by decades of suffrage relentless Political Engagement and one critical piece of the larger story of womens battle for the vote. Rightfully hers begins with the suffrage that doesnt end with the 19th amendments ratification. The final section examines the Immediate Impact and the voting right struggles that persisted into modern day. And corrine porter, stand up, is the curator of that exhibit. [ applause ] one of the goals of the exhibit is to recognize both the broad diversity of suffrage activists and the many bases on which american women hav ....
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 leading feminist biographer is the author and editor of numerous books including american womens history, still missing, Amelia Earheart and letter to the world, seven women who shaped the american century. Educated at Wellesley Co ....
The great debate, the fractured republic and a time to build. This is two hours. Host author yuval levin, what is your assessment of the United States . Guest thanks for having me here. That is a wonderfully broad question to open within a challenging one. They are living in a moment of crisis. It is hard to deny. We have been through a spring dominated by a Public Health crisis. We are facing now also a social crisis and the struggle for racial the quality and very much of this moment that forces us to confront challenges that weve had trouble with in recent yea years. In th a time of crisis, you kno, its because it is the time of testing its also the time to think about what americas strengths are, what they are good at as a country and how we can build on that address the enormous problems in front of us. Host how did we get here . This is that an era marked by crises from 9 ....
Hey there welcome to the stream home edition im josh rushing sitting in for for me ok look if youre watching this live on you tube i need your help do you see that box over there over there its a live chat there you go we have a producer in there right now wanted to get your questions and your comments to me so i can get into our guests during the show so help me out join in the show be a part of it right there and what a show it is were talking about the federal response to the protest in portland which just went over there 60 a straight day this weekend im going to set this up using a voice from our community this is grace morgan whos been down at the protest and heres what she said. Our city has recently been occupied by a u. S. Marshal forces ordered by donald trump. To quell violence. Were routinely shot at every single night with tear gas testers have been kidnapped the streets and marked by the u. S. Marshal and the f. B. I. At this point theres no end in sight and were all real ....
In your book the works you write the military saved your life. What you mean by that . I think the military plays an incredibly Important Role in my life with the most important times in my life but wearing uniform of this country and i was first introduced i was 13 years old. I was sent to military school i had on mandatory year. I got some issues and challenges when i was younger every year she said i will send you away and i blew her off. I built handcuffs on my risk for the first time at 11 years old. I was intentionally hurting people that love to me so finally one day she came up to me and said im sending you to military school. Honestly i thought she was kidding or exaggerating then finally i realized she wasnt sent me a mandatory year. I hated every minute of it when i first started. I remember those first days they are. I ran away five times the first four days. Also the longer i stayed i began to fully understand what it ....