there were differing opinions and personalities. >> susan b. anthony elizabeth stanton formed an association to obtain women's suffers through an amendment to the federal constitution. henry blackwell and lucy stone formed the americans women suffrage association. december 10, 1869 -- there were 16 other states after wyoming that past of the women's suffrage law. >> they wanted to help the state's game forcing. -- gain footing. >> these groups emerged. - merged. >> susan b. anthony was tireless in promoting women's rights and women's suffrage but she never managed to get it on the agenda in washington. there was a big demonstration. >>alice was appointed as the head of the congressional committee to obtain women's suffrage. in 1913 despite little funding, she executed one of the most famous women's suffrage movement held on the day of the woodrow wilson inauguration. >> she organized a parade of 30,000 women marching on pennsylvania avenue. woodrow wilson was arriving to be inaugurated. he wondered about the crowd and he was told that they were on the

. >> 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

no one is going to call susan b. anthony or mark twain or frederick douglass and patriotic. they are as patriotic as apple pie. you have to board your country accountable and help your country live up to its own ideals. >> -- tavis: i know what you mean when you are saying about not calling martin luther king and patriotic, but he got this invited to the johnson white house, and opinion polls of them found that the overwhelming numbers of americans, including the majority of african americans had turned against martin luther king when he came out against so vehemently against the war. when king dies, he thinks he is persona non grata in this country, because everybody turned on martin. he was found to be unpatriotic and the communist among other things, although i take your point. i raise that because the part of martin luther king we do not want to deal with is his critique of american foreign policy. what to keep him in the state of being a dreamer. we now have monuments of him. president obama goes to celebrate the monument with every other speaker, and no one wanted to d

great, courageous americans that fought for our liberties. >> 19th amendment was written by a susan b. anthonyoposed amendment was first introduced in the u.s. and as anthony amendment. he had frequently attempted to answer women suffrage provisions into all related bills, but did not formally introduce a constitutional amendment until january of 1878. they testified before the senate in support of the amendment. the proposals that in the committee until it was considered by the full senate and rejected and a 16-34 vote in 1887. not until 1914 was the constitutional amendment again considered by the senate, where it was again rejected. >> i think it is very important that women have this ability to choose what it is they think it is important for themselves. >> another proposal was bought -- brought before the house in january of 1918. president wilson made a strong and widely-published appeal to the house to pass the amendment. it was passed by the required two-thirds of the house, with only one vote to spare. the vote was carried into the senate. wilson again made an appeal, but on september

katy stanton and susan b. anthonyhen they were debating whether the constitution and the rights are applied to women and former slaves and, of course, the 15th amendment helped former slaves but not women. >> bill: am i going to understand president obama after taking the course or the reading deal understanding obama? am i going to understand him? are you going to be able to. >> i think so. >> bill: i am. >> you are going to understand is he a multi-faceted guy. he has some flaws. he has had some successes and a lot of failures. and is he no different from anybody else who has held that office. the reason it's unique is that you may remember that i was asked by norman groce back two years ago 2010 to write an essay for two reasons because they have a book that comes out every time there is a new election on a president who happens to be a lawyer. i knew barack obama as a student and he was the president elected in 2008. and i wrote this essay in 2009 and 2010 in the book. >> you are admirer of the president. >> i'm m

katy stanton and susan b. anthonyey were debating whether the constitution and the rights are applied to women and former slaves and, of course, the 15th amendment helped former slaves but not women. >> bill: am i going to understand president obama after taking the course or the reading deal understanding obama? am i going to understand him? are you going to be able to. >> i think so. >> bill: i am. >> you are going to understand is he a multi-faceted guy. he has some flaws. he has had some successes and a lot of failures. and is he no different from anybody else who has held that office. the reason it's unique is that you may remember that i was asked by norman groce back two years ago 2010 to write an essay for two reasons because they have a book that comes out every time there is a new election on a president who happens to be a lawyer. i knew barack obama as a student and he was the president elected in 2008. and i wrote this essay in 2009 and 2010 in the book. >> you are admirer of the president. >> i'm more an

rights movement would not have happened without the dedication and passion of women like kb, and susan b. anthony. they used their anchor to fuel and ignite their voices. many of these women who risk their lives often found themselves find, jailed, in prison, but they still stood up to equality as human beings. even in the earliest beginnings of the country, it was women like sacajawea who showed lewis and clark not only the way to go but carried her baby on her back for 1,000 miles. women like gloria steinem, who earned our respect by bringing women's equality into the mainstream, or rosa parks, who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman. she became a powerful symbol of the civil rights movement. and don't forget candace let mayor, who lost her child to a drunk driver. she joined with other grieving mothers to create one of the most successful grass-roots efforts in american history, mothers against drunk driving. for those of you who did the morning sessions, you have taken a closer look at violence and health-care issues within the context of women around the globe. in the midst

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and like many other women, susan b. anthony, liucretia mott, stanton and others, she was fighting for us to get the right to vote, and we won't go back. there was gloria steinem, ellie smeal. we've grown up on shirley chisholm, kim gandy, patricia ireland, terry o'neil, harriet tubman before them, ida b. wells-barnett before them, ella baker before them. all of these are women who have fought too many battles for us to go back. so, we won't go back. it's time for us to take our own stand and stand the ground for women and insist that we won't go back for any reason. so, we've got to get it on when we leave this conference today. we can't wait for the summer. we can't wait for november. we've got to get it together now. i want you to know that it is time that we understand that all, each of our interests is somehow related to all of our interests. so, the far right, as i said earlier, may well have shot the first shot, but it's the one who's still standing when the last shot is fired. and women, we intend to be there because we

reminds me of i think it was eight hundred seventy two i'm probably wrong on the year that one susan b. anthony went out and voted and was arrested for voting and was convicted. you know she didn't live to see. and while she didn't. i was city and legal discrimination that's still there to some extent in fact scott walker just signed back into law on wisconsin but didn't live to see women having the right to vote. but it happened. i'm curious your thoughts on the importance of standing up speaking out purchases even when you don't see immediate results well it's absolutely critical and you never know when you are making a difference and not everybody can go in for an extra committee and do what i did but everybody can do something and helen keller i think said you know i can't do everything but i can do the one thing that i can do and that's what i will do when i'm paraphrasing but the point is everybody can do something and i hope that this video will empower people to realize that they do have a voice and they can speak up and it will give them maybe a little bit of moral courage to stand up

after the victory, keith mason put out a press statement comparing himself to susan b. anthony in her campaign for women's suffrage in south dakota. he will come back and fight for the unborn. and anyone who does this work is very familiar that colorado, it's kind of easy to get a ballot initiative on. very thrlow threshold. life begins at conception, life begins at fertilization, and what they found themselves, because colorado is a little h bit more pro-choice than mississippi, so what they found themselves in mississippi, they were not prepared for was talking about ivf and birth control. so they decide they had would start making these hybrids, so they did one and it wasn't actually one of the most extremes, this is a pretty basic one, says person applies to every human being regardless of the method of creation, a human being is a member of the species homosapien. there was a challenge, that was lost. when it was lost

keith mason of personhood usa, who is the leader, put out a press statement comparing himself to susan b. anthony and her campaign for women's suffrage in south dakota. and like her campaign, that was unpopular at first, but slowly started to gain and slowly started to gain, he will come back and fight for the unborn. and anyone who does this work is very familiar that colorado it's kind of easy to get a ballot initiative on. it's very low threshold. there's not a lot of laws. what they did this year, they rewrote the title. so before mississippi, there's what i like to call personhood classic, which is just the basic language, life begins at conception. life begins at fertilization. and what they found themselves -- because colorado is a little bit more pro choice than mississippi. so what they found themselves in mississippi -- they weren't -- not prepared for was talking about ivf and talking about birth control. so they decided they were going to start making these hybrids. so they did one and it wasn't one of the most extremes. this is a pretty basic one. it says, personhood applies to every

after she meant stanton, susan b. anthony joined the cause as well. 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 established civil rights but nothing was done for women. the women supported the north and the north did not support the women. >> in 1872, and devoted. she argued the 14th amendment enabled her to vote. she was later jailed and her trial received national attention. she was charged with illegal voting. if she had one, women would have been able to vote under the 14th amendment. it did not only not include women, but specifically excluded them. the word men appeared in the constitution but women argued that it referred to people as a species. in the 14th amend

can you tell us who was susan b. anthony? >> she played a role in the women's suffrage movement during the 19th century. she found the national women's suffrage association and wrote what is now with the 19th amendment. you know, she dedicated her life to women's suffrage with her friend and she held demonstrations and gave speeches and she played a pivotal part in the women's suffrage movement. >> what who was alice paul? >> alice paul dedicated herself to the movement during the 20th century, and she organized the march and she created the national women's party and held demonstrations outside the white house and she won the sympathy of the nation as women were arrested and brunelli ed debbie joost and she continued fighting for the women's rights which didn't pass in congress. >> what were some of the of the things women did to fight for their right to vote? >> during the 19th century, it was largely the convention and speeches. they traveled all over the country so in the 20th century it got much more militant while peace

on the front lines of change she was a part of also the women's suffrage movement working with susan b anthonyand frederick douglas she was involved in everything. >> one thing i read was pertinent george washington, thomas jefferson are the founding fathers perhaps clara barton was the mother. >> i agree. >> thank you for inviting us. >> thank you for coming. >> myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to the clara barton historic site they have special events going on thursday through sunday but always welcome you i told you we would maybe get to talk to clara herself unfortunately the reenactor didn't make it here this morning but a funny side note when they built this house for clara barton she didn't want the deal with the commute, clara barton today, 2012 perhaps dealing with the same issue clara barton way back when. >> see she knew. >> thanks. >> coming up tucker has another check of the five day. >> also we will answer today's trivia question it is about me we are doing anchor trivia questions. >> love it. >> speaking of questions, do you have a question you would like answered send it

the national right to life committee and the susan b anthony list. both vow to turn millions of dollars into the campaign. >> i will preserve a woman's right to choose. >> all that flip-flopping doesn't seem to matter. the groups are convinced that mitt's going to stick with his position this time around. >> we love people who have changed their position. rom admits that he has done that, and we're happy to be working with him. >> the gop may be trying to disguise their policies on women by leaning on ann romney but the democrats are calling them out on it. i sat down with joe biden in new hampshire yesterday and he's taking the assault very seriously. >> i think the war on women is real. i tell you where it's going to intensify. the next president of the united states is going to get to name one or two or more members of the supreme court. >> president obama is hitting back on romney's fuzzy math on women in the economy. here is the president earlier today. >> women have been disproportionately affected. 92% of the people that lost their jobs under

susan b. anthony joined the cause as well.ogether they would make a significant step towards women rights. how did the civil war affects the women's rights movement? >> the women's rights comes directly at the anti-slavery movement. so they worked for a northern victory and abolishment of slavery. in turn they expected in time they would receive their rights, their due rights as women. that didn't happen. at the end of the civil war the 13th amendment was passed that ended slavery. the 14th and 15th amendmenteds were established that gave citizenship to former slaves and the established their civil rights but nothing was done for the women. so the women supported the north. the north did not support the women in the end. >> in 1872 anthony voted. she argued the 14th amendment enabled her to vote. she was later jailed and her trial received national attention. despite her logical defense she was large charged with illegal voting. if she had won the women would have been able to vote on the 14th amendment. the 14th amendment did

marjorie dannon feldzer heads the susan b. anthony list. >> we've gotten to know him over the years since his conversion to the pro-life issue. and i will say as a convert myself it rings true and is authentic. more importantly, however, are the concrete commitments that he has made to be a president who on the subtler level will be very active in implummeting pro-life policies. >> woodruff: their numbers are hard to measure but so-called social conservatives are a powerful force in the republican party. with strong views on abortion and gay rights in particular. for example, this vote 2012 map center shows evangelical christians dominate parts of the southeast. but they are a factor for the gop across the country. >> back in pennsylvania, at the lancaster bible college, rick santorum visited 9 day he left the race, we met with some young people who talk openly about trying to find a candidate to match their christian values. none ruled out voting for romney eventually. but as of today, they're looking at options from ron paul to pres

susan b. anthonysaid resistance to tyranny is obedience to god which is very similar to the wuotquote.her king can begin to see the strategy is involved in the peaceful resistance and the non-violence. >> congratulations again on your win. there is a brief portion from her documentary entitled, "voting for women." >> she argued the 14th amendment enabled her to vote and her trial received national attention. she is charged with illegal looting. the 14th amendment did not include women but it specifically excluded them. word"men" -- the owrword "men" was used in the constitution referring to the sexes equally, but in the 14th amendment they specifically used "male." the strategy was to end women's suffrage tran amendment to the constitution. they formed the and women's american suffrage association and wanted to have an amendment to individual state constitutions. >> you can see all of the winning documentary at studentcam.org. continue the conversation on facebook and twitter. host: another installmen

it is my right and my responsibility to vote. >> susan b. 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

who was susan b. anthony?nificant role in the women's suffrage movement during the 19th century. she founded the national women's suffrage association and she wrote what is now the 19th amendment. she dedicated her life to women suffrage with her friend elizabeth stanton. she gave speeches and she played a pivotal part. >> what was alice paul. >> she dedicated her life to women suffrage movement during the 20th century. she organized a march. she created the national women's party. she held demonstrations and she picketed outside of the white house and she won sympathy of the nation as women were arrested and abused in prison. when the 19th amendment was passed, she continue to fight for women's right with equal rights amendment. which did not pass in congress. >> what were some of the other thing that women did in order to fight more their right to vote? >> during the 19th century, it was largely convention and speeches. they traveled all over the country. in the 20th century, got much more militant. while it

like many other women, susan b. anthony, the grecian moss, and others, she was fighting to gain the right for us to vote. we won't go back. there was gloria steinem, we have grown up. patricia ireland's, harriet tubman, qaeda b. wells, all of these are women who have fought too many battles for us to go back. we won't go back. it is time for us to take our own stand and stand the ground for women. insist that we won't go back for any reason. we have to get it on. we can't wait for the summer. we can't wait for november. we have to get it together now. of what you to know that if its time we understand that each of our interests is somehow related to all of our interests. the far right, as i said earlier, may well have been shocked -- shot the first shot, but it is the one who is still standing when the last shot is fired. women, we intend to be there because we are a team. thank you and i love you. god bless. [applause] >> also an ordained minister. indignation. we are going to throw open -- we have a little time, not much

she was articulating what susan b. anthony in 1872. no woman should work for a party that ignores its sex. their rights have been trampled on. just like we heard from our mothers probably all of our lives. we put threw and we are going to take you out. she is talking to not just women, but the men who care about equal pay. how can anyone be against equal pay? governor romney and republicans are. governor scott walker just repealed the equal pay statue. how can anyone be against violence against women. the republican house members vote against the violence against women. >> the real war on women are those that want to control their support and control their vote. this is a ridiculous proposition jehmu is putting forward that those on the right don't care about women, they hate women. this is the deck going are you that does -- this is the demagoguery that doesn't belong in our politics. megyn: whether there is a democratic war on moms. that seems to be yesterday, last week, the week before. this is a narrative that comes up every so oft