, maiden name cady, and married name stanton. elizabeth cady stanton, and once history looked at a woman who became abolitionists and discovered that many of them were first borns. they were either the oldest child in the family or the oldest daughter in the family. many of them were highly educated. that is certainly true for elizabeth cady. she is the daughter of a judge. she was born in the 18-teens and grows up in a household of considerable comfort. her family is quite affluent, and her father had a large private library in the house, and young elizabeth loved to read those books. she said to her father once, you know, when i grow up, i am going to be a lawyer. her father said to her, you know, the early 19th century, he said to her what? take a guess. he said no. he said you can't be a lawyer because you're a girl. women cannot be lawyers. mr. cady without perhaps intending to be cruel said to his daughter elizabeth several times because elizabeth was a very smart little girl, and loved books and was very curious and interested in th

. ♪ >> 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 t

. >> elizabeth stanton, the crucial mott, and jane hunt held the first women's rights convention in senecai held the convention in 1848 and they had subsequent conventions, they were not just talking about the right to vote. it was not until after the civil war that the focus of women's rights became narrowed to break the suffrage. >> it picked up steam as attracted attention from the media. many joined the movement and many more conventions occurred. many more thought it was a ludicrous idea. it went against everything that society had been taught for generations. after she meant stanton, susan b. anthony joined the cause as well. together, that would make a significant step towards women's rights. >> how did the civil war affects women's rights? >> it comes directly after the anti-slavery movement. there were not for a northern victory and an apostle of victory. in turn, they would receive their due rights as women. that did not happen. at the end of the civil war, the 13th amendment was passed that ended slavery. the 14th and 15th amendments gave citizenship to former slaves and establi

cassius clay published a mem moyr, elizabeth cady stanton published one. there are lots of citations. you want me to give you some after class? okay. yeah. these are often very verbal people, highly verbal, highly artirk you lat. they have things to say. they leave quite a large paper trail for a small number of people. any other questions, comments? okay. rts talk about the pro slavery response. slave owners are paying attention. they notice when slavery comes under this fierce attack. and they counterattack. the slave owning elite in the united states, they fight back. and all slave owners did that throughout the 19th century. whenever anti-slavery movements get started in other parts of the world, in the british empire, in spain, in other places in central and south america, slave owners respond and they fight back. and they try their best to stop emancipation. they cling to that institution which has benefitted them so much. and in the united states that happens. slave owners notice right away that the abolitionist movement has geared up and these peop

anthony and elizabeth stanton formed the national women's sufferage association.he status was to obtain women's sufferage through an amendment through the constitution. henry blackwell and lucy stone formed the women's sufferage association. to obtain women's sufferage through amendments to the individual state constitution. december 10th, 1968. wyoming became the first territory to pass a women sufferage law which would be followed by 16 states and territories the next nine years. >> giving women power as strategic, to really help these gain an equal footing with the established. >> in 1890 the national women's sufferage association and american women's sufferage association merged to form the national women's sufferage association whose strategy now was to obtain women's sufferage through state constitutional amendments. >> susan b. anthony was tireless in promoting women's rights and women's sufferage but she never managed really to get it on the agenda in washington and alice poole came along and arranged the first really big demonstration. >> alice joined the

anthony and elizabeth stanton formed national women's association.y stone formed the american suffrage association who's strategy was to obtain women's suffrage. >> you can see this entire video as well as all of the winning documentaries studentcam.org. >> former president dick cheney spoke to students today about his experience in washington and his recent heart transplant surgery. that's next on c-span. remarks from president obama at the holocaust museum. and later republican presidential candidate mitt romney campaigned in pennsylvania. in his new book, rodney king recounters his life since the 1991 beating of the los angeles police. rodney king will be at the center for research and black culture. you can see that online at booktv.org. vice president dick cheney had his first public interview in washington since his heart transplant last month. he spoke to c-span steve at the washington center and answered questions from students at this one hour event. [applause] >> thank you everyone. welcome to the spring semester internship program here at

ironically i talked about elizabeth katy stanton who you may remember and susan b.nthony and freg frederick douglas about race and gender issues in politics in the 19th century. >> bill: what the point of the course, it's a small course. it's 1 credit. the point of it is to educate the students to what? >> it's not a course. it's a reading group. so the students voluntarily decide if they want to take it reoffer several hundred of these reading groups on every subject under the sun. and the whole idea that students can decide to take it or not to take it. it's a voluntary course. >> if they take it, what are they going to get out of it? >> i think they are going to get a sense about how race, how religion, and how politics have influenced our country over the last three or four centuries. >> with the nexus being around president obama. is he going to be -- >> -- it's even earlier than that three or four sun centuries. katy stanton and susan b. anthony when they were debating whether the constitution and the rights are applied to women and former slaves and, of cours

ironically i talked about elizabeth katy stanton who you may remember and susan b.hony and freg frederick douglas about race and gender issues in politics in the 19th century. >> bill: what the point of the course, it's a small course. it's 1 credit. the point of it is to educate the students to what? >> it's not a course. it's a reading group. so the students voluntarily decide if they want to take it reoffer several hundred of these reading groups on every subject under the sun. and the whole idea that students can decide to take it or not to take it. it's a voluntary course. >> if they take it, what are they going to get out of it? >> i think they are going to get a sense about how race, how religion, and how politics have influenced our country over the last three or four centuries. >> with the nexus being around president obama. is he going to be -- >> -- it's even earlier than that three or four sun centuries. katy stanton and susan b. anthony when they were debating whether the constitution and the rights are applied to women and former slaves and, of course,

anthony with the assistance of elizabeth stanton.was first introduced in the senate as the anthony amendment by the senator from california. he had try to implement women's suffrage bills under our bills. but he didn't formally introduce it until 1878. stanton and other women testified before the senate in support of the amendment. the proposal sat in a committee until it was considered by the full senate and rejected by a 16-34 vote in 187. not until 1914 was the constitutional amendment again considered by the senate, where it was again rejected. >> so i think it is very important that women have this ability to choose what it is they think is important for themselves and not have it thrust upon them. >> another proposal was brought before the house on january 10, 1918. during the previous evening, president wilson made a strong and widely published appeal to the house to pass the amendment. it was passed by the required 2/3 of the house, with only one vote to spare. the vote was then carried into the senate. wilson again made an a

. >> elizabeth stanton, arthur right, mary ann beckham talk, and jane hunt held the first women's rightsonvention in seneca falls new york. >> when they held a convention in 1948 and had subsequent conventions in a decade after that, they're not just talking about the right to vote. it was not until after the civil war that the focus of civil -- women's rights became narrowed to the right to separate. >> of women's rights movement picked up steam as it got attention from the media. many more conventions occurred, however, many thought it was a ludicrous idea. it was a concept that went against everything that was taught against the generation. >> after meeting stanton at a women's convention, susan join the conversation. together, they would make significant steps to women's rights. >> how does this affect women's rights? >> the women's rights movement comes after the antislavery movement. their work for a northern victory and the abolishment of slavery. in turn, the expected, in time, to receive their due rights as women. that did not happen. the 30 demand was passed and ended slavery.

anthony and elizabeth cady stanton drafted the amendment and first introduced it in 1878. it was 41 years later, in 1919, when congress submitted the amendment to the states for ratification. one year later it was ratified by the regulated number of states, with tennessee being the final vote needed to add the amendment to the constitution. >> the 19th amendment was ratified with the perfect 36 state, which happened to be tennessee. there were 48 at the time. 35 had done that. tennessee was on the spot. it became the perfect 36, giving women the right to vote. >> you can watch the entire documentary along with all of the winning videos at studentcam.org, continuing the conversation on our facebook and twitter pages. >> former president, george w. bush, said the increasing taxes would hurt jat bridget hurt job growth. his remarks were followed by the new jersey republican governor, chris christie, who talked about efforts to balance the budget and cut taxes in his state. this is just under one hour. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please let -- please welcome the presid