i'm kate lemay, the curator of votes for women, a portrait of persistence. for this exhibition i worked about 3 1/2 years researching and teaching myself this history and finding all the objects. in the exhibition we have 124 objects of which there are 63 portraits and i was hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed and ratified, but also ask questions about it and ask what does it do and what does it not do. and why 1965 and the vote rights act is considered another sort of part two of the 19th amendment. if you'll follow me i will take you through the exhibition and show you a few objects that tell the history. let's go. we're in the first gallery of the exhibition and i mentioned that we have portraits that drive the narrative, but i also wanted to include in the exhibition pieces of art like the one we're looking at which is titled the war at home by a female artist, lily martin spencer and she was active in 1860s and i wanted to include this painting because it

in the second of a two-part program, historian kate clarke lemay gives american history tv a guided tour of an exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment using political cartoons and images of suffragists picketing the white house, ms. lemay explores the national women's party tactics under the leadership of alice paul. >> hi, i'm kate lemay, and i'm the curator of votes for women, a portrait of persistence, which is an exhibition on view at the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. and i'm standing in front of what we call our title treatment. it's a large blowup of headwig lik riker who was a german born actress. during the finnish or the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington, d.c., andst that just one event of the long suffrage movement that this exhibition highlights, and we have 124 objects that goes into the long history beginning in the 1832 and bringing it right up to 1920, but then also querying the 19th amendment and what it didn't do, which was to enfranchise all women including women of color, so i then took the exhibition right up to the v

the second of a 2-part program, historian kate clark -- kate clarke lemay gives american history tv a guided tour of an exhibit marking the centennial of the amendment using political cartoons and images of suffragists picketing the white house. and women's party tactics under leadership of alice paul. >> i am kate clarke lemay, curator of an exhibition on view of the national portrait gallery on the smithsonian institution. our title treatment is a large blowup of hedwig riker who was a german born actress and she was acting at columbia, the allegorical figure that represents the united states during the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington dc and that is just one event of the long suffrage movement this exhibition highlights, 124 objects, long history beginning in 1832, right up to 1920, also querying the nineteenth amendment, to franchise all women including women of color. i took that up to the voting rights act of 1965. if you will come with me we are going to explore the 1913 parade more "in depth". so we are standing in front of several postcards of the 1913 parade organ

kate: i'm kate lemay, and i'm the curator of votes for women. i'm standing in front of what we call our title treatment. it is large low up of this born actress, and she was acting as columbia, the allegorical figure that represents the united states during the conclusion of this parade in washington, d.c. that's just one event of the ong suffrage movement this exhibition highlights. we have 124 objects of this long history bringing it right up to 1920. but then also clearing the 19th amendment and when it did not do was enfranchise all women including women of color. so i took the exhibition up to the voting rights act of 1965. if you will come with me we will explore the 1913 parade more in depth. we are standing in front f the photo postcards of the parade. this was a completely different tactic than what had been done before with other suffragists. after spending some -- what alice paul was trying to do was create headlines, so after spending some time in britain, she basically got radel got radicalized by the suffragists. when she came back

we have with us kate clarke lemay, corrine porter, and janice ruth from the library of congress. to get things started, i'm going to go to each of our panelists now and ask you to introduce yourselves a little bit further. there's three pieces of information i would love you to share with us. first is what your role is at your institution, the title of your suffrage exhibit, and just tell us a little bit about how you first got interested in the history of the suffrage movement? so, i'm going to start us off going in order of when each exhibition opened, so kate i'm going to start with you. so, again, tell us about your role at the portrait gallery, the title of your exhibit, and how you first got interested in this history. >> great. well, thank you, kelsey, and thank you to my co-panelists and to everyone who's tuning in. it is weird circumstance that we're all zooming together, but what a great opportunity to have this conversation. thank you. and i'm kate lemay and i am historian at the national portrait gallery. my job title is historian. i trained as an art historian. i hav

. >> hi, i'm kate lemay, the curator of votes for women, a portrait of persistence, which is an exhibition on view at the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. i'm standing in front of what we call our title treatment. it's a large blow up of a german born actress. she was acting as columbia, a figure which represents the united states during the finish or the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington, d.c., and that's just one event of the long suffrage movement that this exhibition highlights. we have 124 objects that goes into the long history beginning in 1832 and bringing it right up to 1920, but then also declaring the 19th amendment and what it didn't do, which was to enfranchise all women, including women of color, so i then took the exhibition right up to the voting rights act of 1965. if you'll come with me, we're going to go and explore the 1913 parade more in depth. so, we are standing in front of photo postcards of the 1913 parade organized by alice paul, and this was a completely different tactic than what had been done before by other suffragists. what

i am kate clarke lemay and i'm the curator of votes for women. a portrait of persistence. for this exhibition, i worked 3.5 years researching, finding all the objects and teach myself this history. for this exhibition we have , about 124 objects, of which there are 63 portraits. in curating the exhibition i was , hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed and ratified. but also ask questions about it. and ask, what does that do and what does that not do? and why 1965, the voting rights act is considered a mother a , part two of the 19th amendment. if you will follow me, i will take you through the exhibition and show you a few of the objects that tell this history. so let's go. we are in the first gallery of the exhibition. i mentioned we have portraits that drive the narrative. i also wanted to include pieces of art, like the one we are looking at. it is titled the warfare at home and it is by a female artist. lily martin spencer. she was active in the 1860's. i wanted to include t

. >> next visit to the smithsonian national portrait gallery, historian kate clark lemay gives american history tb a guided tour of an exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment, using images of early suffrage leaders, she shows how the movement intersected with the abolitionist and temperance movement, this is the first of a two-part program. >> hi everyone welcome to the gallery at the smithsonian institution, i am kate, i am the curator of vote for women, portrait of the system, for this exposition, i took three and half years researching and teaching history in finding all the objects, we had about 124 objects, and which there are 63 portraits and i was hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment until the history of the 19th amendment and how women, lobbyist get this amendment passed and ratified, but also asked questions about it and ask what does it do, what doesn't not do and why 1965 in the voting rights act is considered another part two of the 19 the moment, so if you follow me i'll take you through the exposition and show you a few of the objects the tell the history,

to the smithsonian national portrait gallery, in the second of a two-part program, historian kate clark lemay gives american history tba guided tour of an exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment using political cartoons and images of suffragists picketing the white house. she explores the national women's party tactics under the leadership of alice paul. >> hello. the curator of an exhibit on view, votes for women, on view at the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution and i am standing in front of what we call our title treatments. it is a large blowup of hedwig riker, a german born actress. , theas acting as columbia allegorical figure which duringnts united states the finish or conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington, d.c. and that is one event of the long suffrage movement this exhibition highlights. go into124 objects that the long history beginning in 1832 and bringing it right up to 1920. then also the 19th amendment and what it did not do, which was to enfranchise all women, including men of color. i then took the exhibition up to the voting rights ac

. >> next visit to the smithsonian national portrait gallery, historian kate clark lemay gives american history tb a guided tour of an exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment, using images of early suffrage leaders, she shows how the movement intersected with the abolitionist and temperance movement, this is the first of a two-part program. >> hi everyone welcome to the gallery at the smithsonian institution, i am kate, i am the curator of vote for women, portrait of the system, for this exposition, i took three and half

kate clarke lemay gives american history a guided tour of an exhibit marking the

i am kate clarke lemay and i'm the curator of votes for women.