. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns. >> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly stopping these meetings as a politically active figure. doing everything they could to ground the campaign in domesticity. >> despite their efforts, the link made it tough whenever voters were in the big city. a specialist in francisco. >> the problem with san francisco is that women's suffrage as an idea was associated. >> susan b. anthony joined the provision party. a deadly idea in san francisco. liquor wa

susan b. anthony exemplified in some way and that is the idea that even in being very aggressive and moving across this country in wagon trains and whatever form we took moving west, that we protect our families, and we made sure that the family life was preserved all along the way. there are examples of that. and bless their hearts if they had the arm and hammer moving out west. with a velvet hammer? i love you. don't mess with my kids or you will see the hammer coming. don't cross that line. we know who the vulnerable in our society is. we know who they are. they certainly start with the unborn and branches out from there. the best of us as women leaders across time have understood that the best. some of the women who blazed a trail of politics for all of us were the standard bearer for just such a thing. they didn't always have to claim credit but they were profoundly intellectual and profoundly loving and profoundly nurturing and most of all courageous with their leadership. think of abigail adams

. >> susan b. anthony joined the provision party. a deadly idea in san francisco. liquor was the foundation of the economy. and >> anything that touched on the possibility of prohibition was greatly and popular. >> the first campaign was a great effort, but not a success. >> the war was not over. less than one decade later, a graphic protests brought new life to the movement. >> women's suffrage, the republican convention in oakland, this time it was the private sector response. 300 marched down the streets of the convention center. women were entitled to be here. >> joining together for another campaign. >> women opened a club in san francisco. it was called the votes for women club. if she could get the shopkeepers to have lunch, she could get them to be heard literature. the lunch room was a tremendous success. >> it was the way that people thought about women willing to fight for a successful campaign. what happened was, the social transformation increase the boundary of what was possible, out word. >> there were parades and rallies, door to door candidacies, r

susan b. anthony list have exemplified in some way. that is the idea that even in being very aggressive and the moving across this country and wagon trains and what ever form has families we took moving west, we protected our families, maintained our femininity, and make sure that the family life was preserved all along the way. there are examples of that. he lost their hearts, if they had to wield the velvet hammer when they were moving out west, they did. what is that? i love you. i love you. do not mess with my kids or he will see the camera coming. i do not cross the line. we know who the new vulnerable and society is. they start with the unborn and it branches out from there. some of the women who really blazed the trail of politics for all of us were the standard bearer for just such a thing. it did not always have to the ticket were profoundly intellectual, loving, nurturing, and courageous but their leadership. think of abigail adams who did not really leave home, but her intellectual, spiritu

. >> susan b. anthonyedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote woul

. >> the susan b anthony dollar. have these presidential dollars. >> these presidential dollars are the congress's latest effort to get americans to make the switch from green backs. they'll eventually be engraved with the face of every dead president. >> this idea has been around a long time. >> there is a simple reason lawmakers keep on trying. using dollar coins would save the government more than $5 billion over 30 years. >> because the dollar coin lasts for up to 30-year, a piece of paper lasts for about a year and a half. >> but that only works if people use them. and so far they haven't. >> you could mistake this coin for maybe a quarter. >> and millions of dollars of coins are filling up the vault. they cost millions of dollars to ship and store. >> if you were to phase out the paper dollar, those coins would get into circulation very, very fast. >> in other words, says kobe, dump the dollar bill and americans will embrace the dollar coin basically because they won't have a choice. i've got some free money. b

when susan b. anthonycast her illegal vote in 1872, she was proud to cast a straight republican ticket.3 the republican paaty has been the party of individual freedom, especially in new york, since its founding, and i believe that there are shifts going on beneath the surface that the national scene isn't seeing and we won't see in the 2012 presidential election, but we will fundamental shifts in terms of the directioo of the pprty in the favor of the course i outline in my boofnlgt. >> what you're saying is very forward looking and progressive position relative -- >> i don't like the word progressive. >> i know you don't. how about small p progressive. i have to tell you that this ú&s always een the fundamental question about republicans who on the one hand say we want the government out of everything, we want the free market, we want the 10th amendment. leave us alone. on gay marriage when we want to be totally in your business. >> i couldn't agree with you more. the democrats are the same give you all t

his response was i did a piece on it susan b. anthony to talk about gender. well, that is a little problematic, too, because we know in the suffrage movement, there was a marginal causation of african american women. other women of color just did not even appear, because native americans were not included in women's suffrage. how do we then have a conversation about gender that is not racialized? so, i started thinking about ways to do that. what is our metaphor for thinking about equality that does not rely on male domination nor racialization? how can we have an inclusive conversation about the quality? there is one element that looms large in our quest for equality, and that is "home." the finding of the home, whether it is the establishing of a place that one cause their own when we think about stories like "a reason in the sun," and how significant the home is. for those of you who do not know sun," therehe is a more popular reference -- "the jeffersons." in order to show that "the jefferson's" had made it, they moved on up to the upper east side. it was

susan b. anthony said about the connection between woman and unborn child in her own newspaper called the revolution she had -- in a question asking, should a woman feel guilty if she does away with her unborn child. she said guilty, yes, but no matter what the motive, whether love of ease or a desire to save the unborn innocent from pain she is deeply guilty. it will burn her conscience of life and will burden her soul in the grave but the true guilty is the one who drove her to the dreadful deed. who's driving women now to the dreadful deed? women and folks who are looking for a money -- a money cashout from women's pain. those who drive her to the dreadful deed 4,000 times a day. elizabeth cady stanton says when we consider women are treated as property it's degrading to women when we treat our children to property to be disposed of as we see fit. maddy brinkerhof who also wrote in susan b. anthony's paper -- she said -- she said something that i'm not able to find right here. here it is. she said

susan b. anthonysons than what she understood -- she wasn't abolitionist and it suffrage who really placed a trail. she never saw the right to vote and yet she knew she had to fight for it. she understood something central to all of the women i have just mentioned. that is that you can never build authentic rights on the broken rights of other human beings. you can never build authentic human rights on the broken rights of another human being. that is our sense of protecting the vulnerable. it is a human trait, but it is a uniquely and strong women treat. a mother treats. something that weekly bring to the political process that must be heard. susan b. anthony said about the connection between women and unborn child in her own newspaper called the revolution, she said in a question asking if a woman should feel guilty if she does away with her unborn child. she said, guilty, yes. no matter what he mode of. no matter for a lot of these or a desire to save the unborn in assets from pan, she is deeply gu

. >> and you bet a susan b. anthonydoll oor. >> i did and i left it at home. >> guess what i have. >> it worked -- >> oh, i guess i'll pay myself from my son. >> who would you rather have? the real $1 or the $5 that i have for you. >> give me that. >> on the ground. i'm late with the bet. i'll give you 5 bucks. >> i'm team varney all of a sudden. >> at least you pay up. >> let's make a deal. >> thanks, stuart. we'll be watching for your show 9:20 eastern time on fox business. >> we'll see what's behind his curtain. >> never mind that man behind the curtain. the white house pushed through the botched solyndra loan that lost taxpayers half a billion dollars and we've seen the e-mails to prove it. why does "the new york times" say that solyndra gives republicans a black eye. >> and kids will have to deliver their christmas list standing up this year. why sitting on santa's lap is now banned. the other office devices? they don't get me. they're all like, "hey, brother, doesn't it bother you that no one notices you?" and i'm

his response was i did a piece on it susan b. anthony to talk about gender. well, that is a little problematic, too, because we know in the suffrage movement, there was a marginal causation of african american women. other women of color just did not even appear, because nive americans were not included in women's suffrage. how do we then have a conversation about gender that is not racialized? so, i started thinking about ways to do that. what is our metaphor for thinking about equality that does not rely on male domination nor racialization? how can we have an inclusive conversation about the quality? there is one element that looms large in our quest for equality, and that is "home." the finding of the home,hether it is the establishing of a place that one cause their own when we think about stories like "a reason in the sun," and how significant the home is. for those of you who do not know sun," therehe is a more popular reference -- "the jeffersons." in order to show that "the jefferson's" had made it, they moved on up to the upper east side. it was not

after being arrested for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election in 1872, susan b. anthony, a schoolteacher, called it a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are being denied of the use of the only means of securing them. and that's the ballot. and that's what florida new election law and others around the nation like it are: a downright mockery. and so, mr. president, dr. king said, he warned americans that all types of conniving methods can be used to keep people from being registered voters. that's what these new so-called election reform laws amount to: democracy turned upside down. mr. president, i hope the senate will look at this. and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, later this month the an it 'tis pated special joint -- the anticipated special joint committee will be issuing its recommendations. the special joint committee was set up for us to get recommendations on dealing with our economic problems and our budget deficit.