buckham to the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian -- welcome to the national portrait gallery at this missoni and. smithsonian. for this

buckham to the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian -- welcome to the national portrait gallery at this missoni and. smithsonian. for this exhibition, i worked about 3.5 years researching, teaching myself this history, and finding the objects. we have 124 objects. there are 63 portraits. commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed in ratified. it also ask questions about and what does it do and what does it not do. anothers considered part two of the 19th amendment. i will take you through the exhibition and show you a few of the objects that tell the history. let's go. we are in the first gallery of the exhibition. we have portraits that guide the narrative. i wanted to include pieces of art. like the one we are looking at. it is by a female artist. in 1860's and i wanted to include this painting because it portrays young children -- you have four kids -- the kids are celebrating and the mother is reading the new york times. you have a servant or helper cleaning the dishes. what i liked about this