nixon loved darker humor. >> hear more about his political career, watergate, and his later career on the cspan video library. >> this year's studentcam competition has to students across the country was part of the constitution was important to them and why. the second prize winner is selected the 19th amendment. >> this is the amendment that gave women the right to vote in the united states. >> the women's suffrage movement was born in 1848-1920. >> the 19th attempt was ratified in 36 states and tennessee was the last state. >> a generation of courageous women fought and they were arrested. ♪ >> how early did american

feminism start to appear? >> abigail adams was writing letters to john adams, to remember the ladies. ♪ >> elizabeth stanton and others held the first women's rights convention in seneca falls, new york. >> when i held rigid when they held a convention in 1848 and at subsequent conventions in the decades after that, there were not just talk about the right to vote for it was not until after the civil war that the .ocus of women's rights became >> many joined the movement many

more scoffed at the ludicrous idea. it was a contest that went against everything society had taught a generation. >> after she meant stanton that women's rights convention, susan b. anthony joined the cause and together they would make a significant step towards women's rights. how did the civil war affect women's rights? >> the movement comes after the anti-slavery movement. they work for a northern victory and an acknowledgement of slavery. in turn, they expected they would receive their due rights as women. that did not happen at the end of the civil war. the 13th amendment passed that ended slavery and the 14th and 15th amendment were established that gave citizenship to former slaves but nothing was done for the women. the women supported the north and the north did not support the women in the end. >> in 1872, susan b. anthony voted.

she was later jailed. despite her logical defense, she was charged with illegal voting. the 14th amendment did not only not include the women but it specifically has excluded them theword 'men' appears in constitution but women say it refers to people as a species. the 14th amendment the word 'men' appears and they say was the seventh to gender. >> they did not have a unified voice and did not work together. there were differing opinions and personalities. >> susan b. anthony and elizabeth stanton formed an association to obtain women's suffers through an amendment to the federal constitution. henry blackwell and lucy stone formed the americans women suffrage association.

december 10, 1869 -- there were 16 other states after wyoming that past of the women's suffrage law. >> they wanted to help the state's game forcing. -- gain footing. >> these groups emerged. - merged. >> susan b. anthony was tireless in promoting women's rights and women's suffrage but she never

managed to get it on the agenda in washington. there was a big demonstration. >>alice was appointed as the head of the congressional committee to obtain women's suffrage. in 1913 despite little funding, she executed one of the most famous women's suffrage movement held on the day of the woodrow wilson inauguration. >> she organized a parade of 30,000 women marching on pennsylvania avenue. woodrow wilson was arriving to be inaugurated. he wondered about the crowd and he was told that they were on the avenue looking at the ladies.

>> the tactics of the national women's party or a bit more extreme. >> women were holding demonstrations and chaining themselves outside the white ♪ house white no more than began mild subservience sweet. we are fighting for our rights, militant plea -- never you fear ♪ >> courageous women march. and they passed it and were arrested. >> suffrage became popular because of the march and because of the brutal treatment of the women receive in prison. president wilson pardons of the wilson and then he thought they would go home but instead they went back and step on the picket line in front of the white house again. he finally recognized that this was a societal push that would not go away.

he packaged it as a war measure because he had made a promise that he would not send anything to congress that would have to do with the war effort. his argument was that women were on the front line and they were supporting the men and they deserve the right to vote. >> some of the first states to ratify the 19th amendment or the states that already have the right to vote. women had been voting their in political elections and had put people in the state assembly's and state house representatives that would be inclined to ratify an amendment like this. >> the 19th amendment was ratified with the perfect 36 states which happen to be tennessee, the last state. 35 had done it and the rest said they wouldn't and tennessee who was on the spot and gave women the right to vote. >> do you think women still

suffer from sexual discrimination? it will stop or go away. >> women may not get parity with men but they can vote and have the ability to more easily change things. >> code to studentcam.org to watch the winning videos and continue our conversation on our facebook and twitter pages. >> next, your calls and comments on "washington journal" and then at 10:15, would discuss security in afghanistan. >> >> there's room for positive

government policy. it is the private sector that drives development, the private sector bascules it but always in our history we had a vision of where we are going of some encouragement of policy from the government. if ever we needed that, it is right now when we have this imposing and opportunity creating infrastructure of the 21st century. >> tonight, former member of the the federal communications committee michael copps, on reforming, consolidation, and the state of the media at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" and c-span2. >> this morning, jessica herrera-flanigan, former staff director and general counsel of the homeland security committee previews cybersecurity legislation that could come before congress this week. then "washington post" investigative reporter spencer investigative reporter spencer hsu