so in here we have maybe elizabeth cady stanton coming to the events salon to listen about the defense of suffrage because. what happened it was passed in 1869. in 1871. why was giving getting so much grief that the the legislature was saying maybe we should rescind this act. stephen downey and this is a is a an of steven speaking about this possibly in this salon speaking about the defense of the act because in 1871 people were giving wyoming territory such grief about having an act where women the same rights as men and downey stood there wrote a remarkable speech and spoke to wyoming public about how important was that. we keep this that we retain this and it was retained 1871 by one vote in the legislature then fast forward let's fast forward 17 years wyoming territory is wanted to to become a state washington d.c. are no one else in the world or in the united states is giving women these kind of rights? you need to rescind that act and then we'll let you become a state. wyoming said, huh? don't care. then we're we're mainecare. we will not become a state unless we can hold all of

and it was as you said it was susan, the pantheon, elizabeth cady stanton, lucretia mudd, norwich, sojourner, alice, paul. they were all on the table at the table with me and i could barely hear what he was saying because i could hear them say, at last, we have a seat at the table. and. then they were gone. and my first thought was, we want more men, more women, more diversity at that table. not that women are better than men or. diversity is better than not, but the diversity, the the differences of opinion are so important to. hear and the product, the policy comes a bit more relevant because i went to congress, there were 23 women at a 135, 23, 11 republicans, 12 democrats. we now have and we made a decision we want to have women recruit, fund about the whole thing. and now we have 94. we still want we still want more. but our caucus is senate. right. crazy. 70% women, people of color, lgbtq is a beautiful thing. we should be able to compete. i love that. the idea of having a seat at the table but leaving the door open, well, that's it. and also you realize you wouldn't be at that table w

the original suffragists and you know their names, elizabeth cady stanton, susan b, anthony lucretia mott, lucy stone. they were abolitionists and some of them came to suffrage because what they really wanted was abolition and they figure they couldn't get that done without the vote. there were people like stanton who were major women's rights advocates on across the board when after the civil war, the reconstruction amendments were passed and they enfranchised black men, no women that caused a major rift in the suffrage party. there were people like lucy stone and julia ward. how who said where abolitionists will take this? it's important black men get the vote. we'll fight for women next. and there were people like elizabeth cady stanton, this is anthony, who said, please stop telling us to wait. our if we don't get this now, it's going to be another generation. and we can't support the 15th amendment. if it doesn't include women. and so was a huge split and they started tearing each. they formed competing organizations. they passed other's donors. they tore each other down in the

elizabeth cady stanton, a leading activist for women's rights, recalled watching douglass deliver a speech. he stood there like an african prince majestic in his wrath, as with wit, satire and indignation, he graphically described the bitterness of slavery and the humiliate notion of subjection to those who, in all human virtues and powers, were inferior here to himself. his ferocity of spirit was matched by a fierce intelligence ance that produced not only his renowned narrative, the first of three autobiography of his. i have written a grand total of zero autobiographies, but also speeches and editorials that stand as essential critical contributions to the progress of liberty in america. that intelligence that led a man, as was mentioned earlier, had every reason to hate america, to eventually become one of her greatest defenders. douglass journey to become one of the great abolition speakers in american history began as a personal one when he decided to free himself from the legal bondage into which he was born. in his narrative, douglass famously recounted an incident when he decided