>> [unintelligible] my name is red star. i am happy to be here. i wanted to share this song, not only for one of my fellow tribal members, but also for the local heroes and to honor ancestors of this land. they do. -- thank you. ♪

[applause] >> thank you. going over to our napster singers. the appropriate honoree for our recipients. liz, eddie, corrina, come on up. and earl. i hate telling myself what to do. that is why i have a wife.

[applause] >> walkjauqien torez, come on u. >> thank you. >> good evening, everyone.

i am the director of neighborhood services here in the county of san francisco. i wanted to thank each and everyone of you. and it is a very grand space that only becomes more human when you decide to bring your spirit and soul. we're so happy to have our drivers here tonight, the answers tonight. our leaders here tonight, and i just want to make sure in addition to everyone else that we brought up earlier today, we also take a moment to recognize markkas from rocus bonoza. i also wanted to make sure --

[applause] i also wanted to make sure on behalf of the mayor we recognize kqed to making sure we push this idea of community. i also want to thank especially susie to make sure we push the agenda of community and our government and great city. i just want to make sure we noted the assembly member presented with each and everyone of you a proclamation in order of your achievements. will also find a seat of honor recognizing your deep in diverse achievements. thank you for coming tonight. please keep on coming back.

we look forward to having you with us again and again. thank you. [applause] >> who's hungry? [laughter] i heard there was free food, too. once again, thank you for attending. we look forward to next year. four, maybe five new recipients. it is indeed an honor to be part of that club. thank you. if everyone could proceed towards the north like court. it in line. -- get in line. everyone travel safe.

>> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california.

the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform.

>> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns.

>> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly stopping these meetings as a politically active figure. doing everything they could to ground the campaign in domesticity. >> despite their efforts, the link made it tough whenever voters were in the big city. a specialist in francisco. >> the problem with san francisco is that women's suffrage as an idea was associated. >> susan b. anthony joined the provision party. a deadly idea in san francisco. liquor was the foundation of the

economy. and >> anything that touched on the possibility of prohibition was greatly and popular. >> the first campaign was a great effort, but not a success. >> the war was not over. less than one decade later, a graphic protests brought new life to the movement. >> women's suffrage, the republican convention in oakland, this time it was the private sector response. 300 marched down the streets of the convention center. women were entitled to be here.

>> joining together for another campaign. >> women opened a club in san francisco. it was called the votes for women club. if she could get the shopkeepers to have lunch, she could get them to be heard literature. the lunch room was a tremendous success. >> it was the way that people thought about women willing to fight for a successful campaign. what happened was, the social transformation increase the boundary of what was possible, out word.

>> there were parades and rallies, door to door candidacies, reaching every voter in the state. >> the eyes of the nation were on california in 1911, when we all voted. it was the sixth and largest state in the nation to approve this. one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters.

>> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end

of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same. [chanting]

>> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching.