for that final battle, alice paul was the head of the national women's party, but alice paul did notome down to tennessee for that final battle. , two reasonseason first, the national women's party was struggling for money and donations at the time. for -- alice paul stayed in washington, d.c. and wanted to raise money and get more donations so she could support the efforts in tennessee. she felt like she could play a role at the fundraiser. the other reason was sue white had been born in tennessee and had roots in tennessee. what alice paul concluded was it would be better to have tennessee women advocating and interfacing with legislators in tennessee rather than outsiders. even carrie chapman catt, very involved in nashville, stayed in her hotel room. she did not interface directly with legislators deciding how to vote on the 90 the amendment. she had her supporters from the national american women's suffrage association who had tennessee ties doing that for her. we talked about elizabeth standen and susan b. anthony, who were pioneers in this and what role do they play? andt: sus

so alice paul actually stayed back in washington, d.c. and wanted to raise money and get more donations so she could support the efforts in tennessee. so she was -- felt like she could play the role as the fundraiser. the other reason was that sue white had been born in tennessee and had roots in tennessee and what alice paul correctly concluded was it would be better to have tennessee women advocating and directly interfacing with legislators down in tennessee rather than outsiders. even carrie catt who was very involved in nashville stayed in her hotel room at the hotel hermitage. she did not interface directly with legislators who were deciding how to vote on the 19th amendment. she had her supporters from the national american women's suffrage association who were actually had tennessee ties doing that for her. >> we talked about elizabeth katy stanton and susan b. anthony both of course who were pioneers in all of this. how old were they at the time? what role did they play? >> yes, unfortunately both susan b. anthony and elizabeth k

in 1917, alice paul started picketing the white house. we are at war in europe and a lot of people find this with an air per se ding -- pervading this is society, it's very controversial. so there is this tension over tactics. i wear this pin, this is a jailhouse door pin that was made for all the suffragettes, suffragists who went to jail for the right to vote. to me, it's a meditation on the difference between moderate and radical and makes me sort of ponder which one is more effective at bringing social change. maybe all of these things contribute. maybe the fashion ability of the gilded ones and the mainstream legislative appeals of the mainstream suffrage activists and the radicals pushing us further out about our comfort zone. >> that's one of the injuring questions. i'm about to turn it over to the audience. why do you think that these women were essentially forgotten for so long? >> i don't know that -- the answer to that. i don't know. i would be curious what readers think about why. to me, they are compelling figures. as i menti

miss alice paul. miss alice paul joins us, how are you today? >> i am happy to see you.hank you very much. >> you are welcome. i have a question, could you tell us a little bit about your early life? >> early life? yes. 1885, but don't think for a minute i was a victorian. you see, queen victoria believed she was independent because of the divine right of monarchs. well, she admired many philosophers of the time who believed women were plainly inferior to men. that was an attitude i never understood. you see, i came from a quaker family. we believe in the inner life and divine in each person. --as taught quality from equality from the beginning. i home is a new jersey. where a comfortable house i was born and grew up there. i loved my father deeply. he was a farmer and president of a bank, but mostly a farmer. evered to say when anything disagreeable had to be well, he died when i was in college, and i would hope you would the proud of my accomplishments. i graduated from a small, small college and went on to do a graduate degree, a masters degree in social work, which i

gail, you talk about elizabeth cady stanton, you talk about carrie chapman catt, you talk about alice paulbout sojourner truth, you talk about several suffragists, one of the things i love about elizabeth cady stanton, as a mom myself, she had babies on each hip, babies around her skirts, she was still just bold, radical woman her whole life. can you talk a little bit about the investigation and the research you did and the writing you did about the suffrage movement in your book. >> gail: it came up a lot. you find it in a lot of different places. i've been thinking about it a lot this week of course, it came up again. you've got to have income of your own, there's one thing that what i read in history that's taught me is that women who can bring in money, women who make money for themselves and their families have a whole different status in life than women who are confined just to be in housewives and mothers. it wasn't there doing for stock and different things they went along and moved to cities but i wonder this about the sexual à Ãthe fact that right now since the 1970s there's been

issued a dilation of resolutions tha the climate tick drama came in the years of woodrow wilson when alice paulratification of the 19th amendment kept the pressure on. demonstrators known as silent set knells stood outside the white house every day. when arrested, they would refuse food in jail, leading to dreaded force feedings in which prison officials would jam milk and mush through the protesters' nostrils, all so that you and i could vote. to the end of his life, john lewis would wake up warmed by his bright dreams and he would think, oh, that was just a dream. then he'd think, but you have to believe that it can be real, that it can be more than a dream. and it can be. >> that was jon meacham in his own words. that's going to do it for us tonight here on "kasie dc." we'll be back with you next sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. for now, from me, good night from washington. washington. ♪ go go go on a real vacation. visit go rving.com or your nearest rv dealer. sanctification sancti sanctification icationicatio >>> >>> this sunday, vote watch. >> they're trying to steal the election fr

he's trying to undercut the sanctity of what john lewis and alice paul and so many people fought andhe ultimate form of nonviolent protest, the vote. 100 years, women received the vote this year. it has only been 50 years or so for black folks in my native region. so what we have to do is be on a kind of citizen alert to fight back against a man who is simply about the amassing of power as opposed to the advancing of american principle. >> has anyone in the history of this country ever won with reckless disregard for the health of their citizenry? and i ask that because i read everything i can find about the coronavirus pandemic. i try to understand the threat to american national security with all these moves. that went up almost perfectly with vladimir putin. and line up almost perfectly against ours. has anyone ever won with such public and flag ran disregard for security abroad or security at home for america in. >> no. and quite the opposite. and that's one source of light in this season of darkness, which is that woodrow wilson during the pandemic did not face re-election again

in boston it's an awfully good alice in long island called. paul sr is totally convinced that it's possible to stay in ivory coast and succeed. paul is now living with her while looking for an easy job. but it hasn't been easy but toonies often suffer from discrimination. here they have an expression that you try to keep the ball but you hit the gold the 2nd you left on an adventure and you didn't succeed. if you fail. to avoid to be seen as the person who kicked and he had. many retired immigrant try to hype. but no matter how hard it is paul doesn't want to hide he hopes to find a job soon and will continue to share his experiences. a kenyan grandmother is keeping her love of weightlifting in the family and the sea will be able to compete at the $22.00 alfa lympics and is now trading up her daughter and granddaughter for future glory she says the crown of ice crisis has actually helped make a profit even. this is no ordinary training session. a weight lifting dentistry is being created in kenya by missy abi arrow in 2012 she became only the 2nd a

paul and his wife. the daily caller with another story about that. aliceohnson accosted by demonstrators outside the white house. byce johnson was accosted demonstrators outside the white house following her appearance at the republican national convention. the daily caller learned that johnson told a group of journalists, commentators, and other public figures on clubhouse about the -- clemencynson granted by the president last year praised his efforts on criminal justice reform while speaking at the rnc thursday. you can read more about that at the daily caller. speechn to joe biden's and recent events from members of congress. congress returns next week for the september session. ofs is eric swalwell california, and he republican colleagues want to step forward and say we are not the mass shooter party? if not, president trump made you the mass shooter party. senator from connecticut with some figures, obama biden violent crime down 15%, trump bench murders up 26%. notnator from hawaii, it's credible to claim joe biden is scarier than donald trump, they