might is jane campbell i have the honor of serving as the president and ceo of the united states capitolistorical society. to set the day in a good mode we're l going to pause for a moment of reflection from larry wright junior. mr. wright is an enrolled member of the tribe of nebraska. served as tribal chairman for 11 years and is currently the executive director of the national congress of american indians which describes itself as the oldest, largest most representative american indian and alaska native organization. serving the broad interest of tribal governments and communities. in this position mr. wright is responsible for managing the organization day-to-days success and its public education arm. he is a military veteran and a former social studies teacher from lincoln, nebraska. [applause] click she should have said recovering social studies teacher. were still working on that. but it is an honor to be here this morning and to be asked to give the invocation. i will say this in my language and then i will translate. so with all due respect i ask you to pray in your own way will

and my great friend jane campbell's the new president of the capital historical society. and like to welcome you here, join. on june fourth 1919, the 19/4 amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratification the suffragist used the white house as a backdrop to challenge age, inequity and attention to their cause. and tonight, art, we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure women's right to vote. but before i introduce our speaker i have a couple of other introductions and things i'd like to share. first of all, we have guests from smith here tonight, the washington club, smith college. you all stand up stand up to washington. the smith college crowd. that's right. there are special tonight and we're honored to have them. i'd also like to tell a little bit about the white house historical association. and for those of you who have been with us before, i know that i love to talk about our wonderful mission that was begun in 1961 by first lady jacqueline kennedy. and remember, she was only 31 years old when her husband was inaugurated pr