chuck: today, we are here to listen to jane hudiburg, who is an old friend of the society. as i understand it, your first involvement falling in love with the capital was as a tour guide with the capital guide service.

to surprise us with, because we think we know who they are and what their legacy is, but maybe jane hudiburg will share new information with us. so help me welcome jane. [applause] jane: thank you, chuck. it is a great honor to be here. i have had a lot of great experiences with the capital historical society. thank you, lauren and charlotte. i also appreciate that some of my current colleagues are here, and my boss jim is here, along with people from my new office and people from my old office. heather and mary from the senate historical office. even some people from way back in my capital guiding days are here. so thank you so much. i really appreciate the support and appreciate you coming back, even though we had a delay in this talk. in this presentation, i will be speaking about representative jeannette rankin. i'm going to use a lot of quotations from her. some of these quotations i have condensed for the sake of brevity. my sources include newspaper articles, the congressional record, jeannette rankin's testimony before committees in congress, and her interviews with her biographer. m

next on american history tv, congressional research service analyst jane armstrong hudiburg talks about the life and legacy of suffragette, pacifist, and politician jeannette rankin. the first woman elected to congress. the u.s. capitol historical society posted this event. it is about 55 minutes. >> today, we are here to listen ,o jane armstrong hudiburg who is an old friend of the society. as i understand it only your first -- your first involvement falling in love with the capital was as a tour guide with the capital guide service. she was a writer and researcher for the senate history office.

next on american history tv, congressional research service analyst jane armstrong hudiburg talks about the life and legacy of suffragette, pacifist, and politician jeannette rankin. the first woman elected to congress. the u.s. capitol historical society posted this event. it is about 55 minutes. >> today, we are here to listen ,o jane armstrong hudiburg who is an old friend of the society. as i understand it only your first -- your first involvement falling in love with the capital was as a tour guide with the capital guide service. she was a writer and researcher for the senate history office. she was student programs coordinator of the maryland general assembly in annapolis. i am still kicking myself for not following up with her offer to tour the dome at the statehouse. because now she is in d.c. with the congressional research service. we are happy to have her in the madison building down the street. she is a regular contributor. the latest article she submitted was in and issue a couple of years ago on bootlegging in the capital. that might suggest she is in to digging out hidden

chuck: today, we are here to listen to jane hudiburg, who is an old friend of the society. your first, as i understand it, your first involvement falling in love with the capital was as a tour guide with the capital guide service. then jane was a writer and researcher for the senate history office. she was student programs coordinator of the maryland general assembly in annapolis.

chuck: today, we are here to listen to jane hudiburg, who is an old friend of the society. as i understand it, your first involvement falling in love with the capital was as a tour guide with the capital guide service. then, jane was a writer and researcher for the senate history office. she was student programs coordinator of the maryland general assembly in annapolis. and i am still kicking mel