advocating for only suffrage, but they were advocating for other things outside the parameters of the focus. even though they were still excluded from the national american woman suffrage association, which the two fractions we were talking about in the very beginning when in 1870 they have come back together in 1892. they then move forward with great force and good strategy but also excluding african-americans the whole time. my point is these women were not just sitting around waiting on the sidelines. they were being very act of -- active within themselves on their own group and their own societies and their own local communities. we are standing in front of a banner in 1911. the writing is actually an excerpt called the glorious light, written in 1871 by the british dean of canterbury. what i love about this banner is how it has that sanchez -- that sense of spirituality up through the 19 teens. it also has that sense of emerging onward and making progress forward. i want to make sure to include a couple of banners in the national women's party. it also points to the activism. this concludes the first half of the exhibition. we have covered the movement up through 1912. we cov

the single issue focus. african-american women were doing a lot of activism, even though they were still excluded from the national american woman suffrage association, which the two factions we were talking about in the very beginning, when in 1870, the suffrage memo divided they have come back , together in 1892. they then move forward with great force and good strategy they are doing, still the state-by-state strategy. but they are also excluding african-americans the whole time. so my point is these women were , not just sitting around waiting on the sidelines. they were being very active in and of themselves within their own groups and their own societies and their own local communities. we are standing in front of a banner carried by ines and dorothy in 1911. the writing is actually an excerpt from scripture called the glorious light, written in 1871 by the british dean of canterbury. what i liked about this banner is how it has that sense of spirituality that was so important to the suffragists up 19-teens.e it also has that sense of emerging onward and making progress forward. i wanted to make sure to include a couple of banners that we borr

the u.s. went to war, that they would lose support for their cause because they would look unpatriotic. a number of women, most women and the largest woman's suffrage organization, the national american woman suffrage association at the time, chose to put their public agitation for the vote to the side and instead devote their time to supporting the war efforts. we have this great collection of uniforms from women who volunteered with the red cross and served both domestically as well as abroad. it's a lovely collection, and i love that i was able to use it to really talk about and interpret women's wartime service, which was really important to gaining a lot of public support for giving women the right to vote. however, not all women chose to set aside their women's suffrage activities. in fact, the national women's party, the really militant branch of the women's suffrage movement, chose to really step up the political pressure, in particular towards the president at this time. they began to picket the white house in early 1917. women were actually the first americans to picket the white house. we have this banner that we've borrowed from the national women's party, as well as this great footage showing wome

the u.s. went to war, that they would lose support for their cause because they would look unpatriotic. a number of women, most women and the largest woman's suffrage organization, the national american woman suffrage association at the time, chose to put their public agitation for the vote to the side and instead devote their time to supporting the war efforts. we have this great collection of uniforms from women who volunteered with the red cross and served both domestically as well as abroad. it's a lovely collection, and i love that i was able to use it to really talk about and interpret women's wartime service, which was really important to gaining a lot of public support for giving women the right to vote. however, not all women chose to set aside their women's suffrage activities. in fact, the national women's party, the really militant branch of the women's suffrage movement, chose to really step up the political pressure, in particular towards the president at this time. they began to picket the white house in early 1917. women were actually the first americans to picket the white house. we have this banner that we've borrowed from the national women's party, as well as this great footage showing wome

we were also able to acquire the records of the two principal national organizations, the national american woman suffrage association and the national women's party. even within my division, i had a wealth of material, but i'm also situated in the largest library in the world. an incredible rare books department. wonderful photographs and posters and moving images it and cartoons. maps, everything. my problem was that i just had too much information. the opposite of what kate was struggling with of only being able to find a small amount within her institution and having to go out, i had perhaps the opposite challenge there. >> i just want to say, janice, it was so nice of you to help me when i was trying to figure out what to feed, you know, how to use your stuff. it was great to have that collaborative spirit when we were researching. >> going off of the past couple of answers that we've gotten from our panelists, we've kind of touched on some of the challenges of telling stories through objects as well as of having this plethora of objects to choose from. could you each talk a little bit about why exhibit and tell

originally it was the congressional office, the lobbying arm of the national american woman's suffrage association and from the beginning alice paul went rogue and she started publishing a competing newsletter and went out and sought her own money and finally the national american women's suffrage association kicked her out and told her they were already nervous about her tactics and said if you're going to pursue this pank hurst modelled aggressive stance, you can't do it under the umbrella of the national. so they split. they stayed at cameron house and called themselves the national women's party. so throughout1914, 1915, they continued to push for an amendment and they had a parade and big booth at the world's fair in san francisco in 1915 and a cross country road trip, it was still shocking to see women drive. where they gathered petition signatures across the country. they had some success with some publicity but not a whole lot of success getting support for the federal amendment. the national was continuing to push the state by state strategy and they were having very little success there.

the biographical dictionary -- american women, completing the 20th century. since 2012 she served as a general editor of the american national biography, long associated with the library at the red cliff institute where she serves as the woman suffrage centennial historian. she is also a member of the national archives foundation, honourary committee for rightfully hers, and participated in our shred before creating this exhibit. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome susan ware. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. all of you who have turned out for my top, it is part of the price of admission. you should go and see the exhibit, which is fantastic. it really both tells the story of the suffrage movement, but also brings it up to the present. it makes the case for why this is very important history for us to be engaging with, and so, i think that being here today on the opening day for me is a perfect way to launch my book, which we just published on monday. this feels like an exciting event. why they marched is a book of stories about women's struggle for the vote told through the biographies and objects. it seems appropriate to start with one of those objects. a tree plaque. the story behind it. in the spring of 1919, justice