Announcer: PLEASE LIBRARIAN OF 
CONGRESS DR. CARLA 
HAYDEN.  
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Dr. Hayden: THANK YOU.  THANK 
YOU.  THANK YOU, AND GOOD 
EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.  IT IS OUR 
PLEASURE  THANK YOU, AND GOOD 
EVENING AND  TO HAVE EVERYONE 
HERE FORWELCOME TO THE LIBRARY 
OF CONGRESS. A VERY SPECIAL 
NIGHT TO OPEN THE   IT IS OUR 
PLEASURE TO HAVE EVERYONE 
LIBRARY'S NEWEST EXHIBITION,HERE
FOR A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT TO OPEN
"SHALL NOT BE DENIED." 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]THE 
LIBRARY'S NEWEST EXHIBITION, 
"SHALL 
IT IS MY HONOR[CHEERS AND 
APPLAUSE] TO WELCOME MADAM 
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY 
PELOSI, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, 
MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
CENTENNIAL COMMISSION.  I THINK
OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI, 
MEMBERS OF  THEY DESERVE A 
SPECIAL HAND.  
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]CONGRESS, 
MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
CENTENNIAL COMMISSION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
INCLUDING ITS CHAIR, MS. KAY 
COLES JAMES, AND CO-CHAIR, 
SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI.  
KAY COLES JAMES, AND CO-CHAIR, 
SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHO IS THE [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LONGEST-SERVING WOMAN IN 
CONGRESS IN UNITED STATES 
HISTORY.  
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]CONGRESS IN
UNITED STATES HISTORY.
A SPECIAL WELCOME ALSO TO THE 
LEADERS AND[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
STAFF OF THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL 
INSTITUTIONS ACROSS WASHINGTON. 
WE'RE SO PLEASED THAT YOU'RE 
JOINING US TONIGHT.  AND OF AND 
STAFF OF THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL 
COURSE, LIBRARYINSTITUTIONS 
ACROSS WASHINGTON. STAFF, GUESTS
AND  WE'RE SO PLEASED THAT 
YOU'RE JOINING  THE VIEWERSUS 
TONIGHT. ONLINE.  WE'RE 
LIVE-STREAMING.    AND OF 
COURSE, LIBRARY STAFF, GUESTS 
THIS WONDERFUL EXHIBITION IS 
PART OF THEAND THE VIEWERS 
ONLINE. LIBRARY'S COMMEMORATION 
OF THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL 
CELEBRATION OFTHIS WONDERFUL 
EXHIBITION IS PART OF THE  
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE, AND THE 
LIBRARY'SLIBRARY'S COMMEMORATION
OF THE NATIONAL  YEAR-LONG 
INITIATIVE TO EXPLORECENTENNIAL 
CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S  
AMERICA'S CHANGE-MAKERS WILL
SUFFRAGE, AND THE LIBRARY'S 
YEAR-LONG  SPOTLIGHT STORIES OF 
DIVERSE WOMEN WHOINITIATIVE TO 
EXPLORE AMERICA'S  SHAPED THE 
SUFFRAGE HISTORYCHANGE-MAKERS 
WILL SPOTLIGHT STORIES OF  AND 
MADE HISTORY.  WE ARE OPENING 
THIS EXHIBITIONDIVERSE WOMEN WHO
SHAPED THE SUFFRAGE  ON THIS 
DAY, JUNE 4TH, BECAUSEHISTORY 
AND MADE HISTORY. IT HOLDS AN 
IMPORTANT PART OF THIS  WE ARE 
OPENING THIS EXHIBITION ON THIS 
NATION'S HISTORY.  ON THIS DAY, 
AND I SHOULD TELL DAY, JUNE 4TH,
BECAUSE IT HOLDS AN YOU, THIS
IMPORTANT PART OF THIS NATION'S 
HISTORY. IS IN BOLD, 100 YEARS  
ON THIS DAY, AND I SHOULD TELL 
YOU,  AGO TODAY, CONGRESS 
FINALLY APPROVED THE 19TH 
AMENDMENT FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]THIS IS IN 
BOLD, 100 YEARS AGO TODAY, 
CONGRESS FINALLY APPROVED THE 
19TH 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AS YOU MAY KNOW, IT WAS A LONG 
ROAD TO GET HERE, FROM THE FIRST
WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION IN 
SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK IN
AS YOU MAY KNOW, IT WAS AGET 
HERE, FROM THE FIRST WOMEN'S 
RIGHTS  1848, TO THE STATE OF 
TENNESSEE BECOMING THE LAST 
STATE NEEDED TO RATIFY THE
CONVENTION IN SENECA FALLS, NEW 
YORK IN  19TH AMENDMENT ON 
AUGUST THE1848, TO THE STATE OF 
TENNESSEE BECOMING  18TH, 1920. 
ANDTHE LAST STATE NEEDED TO 
RATIFY THE 19TH  TODAY, BECAUSE 
OF THEAMENDMENT ON AUGUST THE 
18TH, 1920. EFFORTS OF THOSE 
COURAGEOUS SUFFRAGETTES AND THE 
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THEM, 
NEARLY 70 MILLION WOMEN  AND 
TODAY, BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF
VOTETHOSE COURAGEOUS 
SUFFRAGETTES AND THE  IN THIS 
COUNTRY.  THAT'S AN APPLAUSE! 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]PEOPLE WHO 
SUPPORTED THEM, NEARLY 70 
MILLION WOMEN VOTE IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
NOW, THE[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EXHIBIT 
"SHALL NOT BE DENIED" WILL TELL 
THE STORY OF THE LARGEST REFORM 
MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY 
WITH DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS 
FROM"SHALL NOT BE DENIED" WILL 
TELL THE  THE WOMEN WHO CHANGED 
POLITICAL HISTORY.  THE 
EXHIBITION WILL SHOWSTORY OF THE
LARGEST REFORM MOVEMENT IN  YOU
AMERICAN HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS 
AND  HOW WOMEN WEREARTIFACTS 
FROM THE WOMEN WHO CHANGED 
POLITICAL HISTORY. PREVENTED TO 
VOTE, AND THE 19TH AMENDMENT 
REMOVED THAT BARRIER.   THE 
EXHIBITION WILL SHOW YOU HOW 
WOMEN  IT SHOULD BE CLEAR, WOMEN
WERE NOT GRANTED THEWERE 
PREVENTED TO VOTE, AND THE 19TH 
RIGHT TOAMENDMENT REMOVED THAT 
BARRIER. VOTE.  INSTEAD, AS THIS
EXHIBITION WILL SHOW  IT SHOULD 
BE CLEAR, WOMEN WERE NOT  YOU, 
WOMEN EARNED IT. GRANTED THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE.  INSTEAD, AS THIS
EXHIBITION WILL SHOW YOU, WOMEN 
EARNED IT. 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND SO FROM  RALLIES TO EVEN 
IMPRISONMENT, WE OWE A LOT TO 
THESE HEROIC WOMEN FROM A 
HUNDRED YEARS AGO.  THISAND SO 
FROM RALLIES TO EVEN  EXHIBITION
IS ALSO UNIQUE BECAUSE THE
IMPRISONMENT, WE OWE A LOT TO 
THESE  LIBRARY OF CONGRESSHEROIC
WOMEN FROM A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 
HOLDS THE PERSONAL COLLECTIONS  
THIS EXHIBITION IS ALSO UNIQUE 
BECAUSE  OF MANY AMERICANTHE 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HOLDS THE  
SUFFRAGETTES AND LEADERS OF THE 
MOVEMENT.  
THIS INCLUDES THEIR HANDWRITTEN 
LETTERS, SPEECHES ANDPERSONAL 
COLLECTIONS OF MANY AMERICAN  
SUFFRAGETTES AND LEADERS OF THE 
MOVEMENT.SKRABBOOKS CREATED TO 
DOCUMENT THEIR THIS INCLUDES 
THEIR HANDWRITTEN LETTERS, WORK.
THE SUFFRAGETTES DONATEDSPEECHES
AND SKRABBOOKS CREATED TO  THEIR
MATERIALS TO THE LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS BECAUSE THEY WANTED 
THEIR STORIES TO BE REMEMBERED 
AND THIS EXHIBITION WILL TELL 
THOSETHE SUFFRAGETTES DONATED 
THEIR MATERIALS TO THE LIBRARY 
OF CONGRESS BECAUSE THEY  
STORIES.  WE'LLWANTED THEIR 
STORIES TO BE REMEMBERED  DRAW 
FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF SUSAN B.
ANTHONY,AND THIS EXHIBITION WILL
TELL THOSE STORIES. ELIZABETH 
CADY STANTON, LUCY  WE'LL DRAW 
FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF SUSAN B.
STONE, MARY CHURCH TERRELL, 
CARRIEANTHONY, ELIZABETH CADY 
STANTON, LUCY  CHAPMAN CATT, AND
THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S PARTY AND 
THE NATIONAL AMERICANSTONE, MARY
CHURCH TERRELL, CARRIE  WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.  THROUGH 
THECHAPMAN CATT, AND THE 
NATIONAL WOMEN'S  PERSONAL 
COLLECTIONS OF THESE 
EXTRAORDINARYPARTY AND THE 
NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMEN'S  
WOMEN,SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. YOU 
WILL GET A MORE INTIMATE VIEW 
INTO THE   THROUGH THE PERSONAL 
COLLECTIONS OF STRUGGLES, THE
THESE EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN, YOU 
WILL GET  RIVALRIES AND 
ULTIMATELY THE CHALLENGES OF 
THISA MORE INTIMATE VIEW INTO 
THE STRUGGLES,  70-YEAR 
MOVEMENT.  AND AS YOU WALK 
THROUGHTHE RIVALRIES AND 
ULTIMATELY THE  THE EXHIBIT, I 
HOPE YOU'LL TAKE A MOMENT
CHALLENGES OF THIS 70-YEAR 
MOVEMENT. TO READ PASSAGES FROM 
LETTERS ON DISPLAY TO GET A  AND
AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE EXHIBIT,
I  GLIMPSE OF THE WOMEN'S HOPE 
YOU'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO READ 
PERSONALITIES. PASSAGES FROM 
LETTERS ON DISPLAY TO GET  FOR 
EXAMPLE, ABIGAIL ADAMS TELLING 
HER SISTER THAT SHE WILL NEVERA 
GLIMPSE OF THE WOMEN'S 
PERSONALITIES. CONSENT TO HAVE 
THEIR SEX CONSIDERED IN  FOR 
EXAMPLE, ABIGAIL ADAMS TELLING 
HER  AN INFERIOR LIGHT. SISTER 
THAT SHE WILL NEVER CONSENT TO  
SUSAN B. 
ANTHONYHAVE THEIR SEX CONSIDERED
IN AN INFERIOR  PUSHINGLIGHT. 
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON TO RIDE 
IN A  SUSAN B. DRESS FOR HER -- 
WRITE AN ADDRESS FOR HER ON 
EQUAL EDUCATION, WHILEANTHONY 
PUSHING ELIZABETH CADY STANTON  
SHE SAID SHE KNEW THAT ELIZABETH
TO RIDE IN A DRESS FOR HER -- 
WRITE AN CADY STANTON WAS 
JUGGLING A BABYADDRESS FOR HER 
ON EQUAL EDUCATION,  ON HER KNEE
AND HER FOUR BOYS WERE BUZZING 
ABOUT WHILE SHE SAID SHE KNEW 
THAT ELIZABETH HER, BUT SHE WAS 
A BETTER WRITER. CADY STANTON 
WAS JUGGLING A BABY ON HER KNEE 
AND HER FOUR BOYS WERE BUZZING  
NELLYABOUT HER, BUT SHE WAS A 
BETTER WRITER. QUANDER OF HOWARD
UNIVERSITY  ASKING IF BLACK 
WOMEN WERE WELCOME IN THE MARCH 
3RD, NELLY QUANDER OF HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY  1913 PARADE. ASKING 
IF BLACK WOMEN WERE WELCOME IN  
THEY WERE NOT.  AND ALSO ON 
DISPLAYTHE MARCH 3RD, 1913 
PARADE. ARE ARTIFACTS  THEY WERE
NOT. DESCRIBING THE 
SUFFRAGETTES' HARSH TREATMENT IN
JAIL, FORCE  AND ALSO ON DISPLAY
ARE ARTIFACTS  FEEDING THEM, 
RARE PRINTEDDESCRIBING THE 
SUFFRAGETTES' HARSH  VERSIONS OF
THE 1848 DECLARATIONTREATMENT IN
JAIL, FORCE FEEDING THEM,  OF 
SENTIMENTS AND THE 1878 
DECLARATION OFRARE PRINTED 
VERSIONS OF THE 1848  RIGHTS FOR
WOMEN, A BUST OFDECLARATION OF 
SENTIMENTS AND THE 1878  SUSAN 
B. ANTHONY THAT SHE PERSONALLY 
WANTED CONGRESS TO BUY AND
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS FOR WOMEN,
A BUST  INSTALL IN THISOF SUSAN 
B. VERY ANTHONY THAT SHE 
PERSONALLY WANTED  BUILDING.  SO
IT'S FINALLY HERE.CONGRESS TO 
BUY AND INSTALL IN THIS VERY 
BUILDING.
A  SO IT'S FINALLY HERE. SASH 
AND BUTTONS BELONGING TO THE 
SUFFRAGETTE CORA WEEK, WHOSE 
PHOTO SHOWS THE PETITE ARTIST 
STARING DEFIANTLY INTO THE 
CAMERA AS SHESUFFRAGETTE CORA 
WEEK, WHOSE PHOTO SHOWS  HEADS 
OFF TO THE WHITE HOUSE SHORTLY 
BEFORETHE PETITE ARTIST STARING 
DEFIANTLY INTO  BEING ARRESTED. 
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'S 
MISSION IS TO THE CAMERA AS SHE 
HEADS OFF TO THE WHITE ENGAGE, 
INSPIRE AND INFORM THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE, ANDHOUSE SHORTLY BEFORE 
BEING ARRESTED. WE KNOW THAT 
THIS  THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'S 
MISSION IS  EXHIBITION WILL DO 
THAT.  ITTO ENGAGE, INSPIRE AND 
INFORM THE  WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEAMERICAN 
PEOPLE, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS  
GENEROUSEXHIBITION WILL DO THAT.
SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY'S  IT 
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE  
JAMES MADISON COUNCIL AND 
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM FIRST
WITHOUT THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF 
THE  FINANCIAL BANK U.S.A., THE
LIBRARY'S JAMES MADISON COUNCIL 
AND  DEMOCRACY FUND, MR. 
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM FIRST 
FINANCIAL TOM BANK U.S.A.
GERRARDI, WHO'S WITH US TONIGHT,
AARP,, THE DEMOCRACY FUND, MR. 
I'M A PERSONAL MEMBER, THE 
BARBARA LEE FAMILY TOM GERRARDI,
WHO'S WITH US TONIGHT,  
FOUNDATION FUND AT THE BOSTON 
FOUNDATION, THE HISTORYAARP, I'M
A PERSONAL MEMBER, THE BARBARA  
CHANNEL AND ROGER ANDLEE FAMILY 
FOUNDATION FUND AT THE BOSTON  
JULIE VAZQUEZ.  
THE CREATIVE TEAM -- AND THANK 
YOU. FOUNDATION, THE HISTORY 
CHANNEL AND  THANK YOU.  ROGER 
AND JULIE VAZQUEZ.THE CREATIVE 
TEAM -- AND THANK YOU.
[Applause] 
NOW, THE CREATIVE TEAM THAT MADE
[Applause] THIS EXHIBITION 
POSSIBLE, AND BROUGHT IT TO 
LIFE, INCLUDESNOW, THE CREATIVE 
TEAM THAT MADE THIS  LEAD 
CURATOR JANICEEXHIBITION 
POSSIBLE, AND BROUGHT IT TO  
ROOF AND MS. ELIZABETH NAVARA.  
THEY'RE RIGHTLIFE, INCLUDES LEAD
CURATOR JANICE ROOF AND MS. HERE
IN FRONT.   ELIZABETH NAVARA.
[Applause] 
THE LIBRARY'S CENTER FOR 
EXHIBITS AND INTERPRETATION AND 
ITS DIRECTOR, MR. DAVID THE 
LIBRARY'S CENTER FOR EXHIBITS 
AND MANDEL. 
[Applause]INTERPRETATION AND ITS
DIRECTOR, MR. 
ACCOMPANIED BY OUR LATEST 
SUFFRAGETTE, HIS DAUGHTER ZOEY. 
[Applause] 
AND MS. CAROL JOHNSON,
ACCOMPANIED BY OUR LATEST 
SUFFRAGETTE, HIS DAUGHTER ZOEY. 
THE EXHIBIT DIRECTOR.  AND MS.
[Applause] 
WE'RE ALSO JOINED TONIGHT WITH 
OUR CREATIVE PARTNERS, PURE AND 
APPLIED FOR EXHIBITION DESIGN 
AND THE UPSWELL FOR THEWE'RE 
ALSO JOINED TONIGHT WITH OUR  
INTERACTIVE VIDEOS.  AND BOTH 
FIRMS,CREATIVE PARTNERS, PURE 
AND APPLIED FOR  YOU SHOULD 
KNOW, ARE WOMEN-OWNEDEXHIBITION 
DESIGN AND THE UPSWELL FOR THE 
INTERACTIVE VIDEOS. BUSINESSES 
WHO BROUGHT THE REAL PASSION AND
ENERGY  AND BOTH FIRMS, YOU 
SHOULD KNOW, ARE  TO THIS 
PROJECT.  
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]WOMEN-OWNED
BUSINESSES WHO BROUGHT THE REAL 
PASSION AND ENERGY TO THIS 
PROJECT.
NOW, THE EXHIBITION WILL SHARE 
THE REMARKABLE[CHEERS AND 
APPLAUSE] STORIES OF COURAGE, 
PERSEVERANCE, CREATIVITY AND THE
HOPE ON THEREMARKABLE STORIES OF
COURAGE,  PART OF MANY 
GENERATIONS OF WOMEN FIGHTING 
FOR THE MOSTPERSEVERANCE, 
CREATIVITY AND THE HOPE ON  
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IN A 
DEMOCRACY,THE PART OF MANY 
GENERATIONS OF WOMEN  THE RIGHT 
TOFIGHTING FOR THE MOST 
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT  VOTE.  
AND AS SO, I AM HOPING THAT YOU 
WILL JOIN ME IN AAND AS SO, I AM
HOPING THAT YOU WILL  ROUSING 
WELCOME FOR OUR NEXT GUEST. 
JOIN ME IN A ROUSING WELCOME FOR
OUR NEXT GUEST.
HELLO.  YOU ARE HERE.  THANK 
YOU.  PLEASE WELCOME UNITED 
STATES SENATOR
SHELLY MOORE   PLEASE WELCOME 
UNITED STATES SENATOR
SHELLY MOORE CAPITO.  THANK YOU.
CAPITO.  THANK YOU.  
Senator Capito: WOW.  WELL, GOOD
EVENING TO EVERYONE.  THANK YOU.
IT'S A VERY SPECIALSenator 
Capito: WOW.  WELL, GOOD EVENING
TO EVERYONE. EVENING IN THIS  
THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL -- I THINK 
PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 
BUILDING IN THIS CITY, VERY 
HISTORIC, WITHBEAUTIFUL -- I 
THINK PROBABLY THE MOST  SOME OF
THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED AND 
INSPIRING FEMALEBEAUTIFUL 
BUILDING IN THIS CITY, VERY  
LEADERS.  WHERE'S SENATOR
HISTORIC, WITH SOME OF THE MOST 
MIKULSKI.  I KNOW SHE'S HERE.  
HOW CAN I MISS YOU?  I MEAN, 
REALLY.  HOWACCOMPLISHED AND 
INSPIRING FEMALE LEADERS. CAN I 
MISS   WHERE'S SENATOR MIKULSKI.
YOU?   I KNOW SHE'S HERE. 
AND MANY TRAIL HOW CAN I MISS 
YOU?BLAZERS IN THE  I MEAN, 
REALLY. ROOM.  DR. HAYDEN, 
CERTAINLY,  HOW CAN I MISS YOU? 
ONE OF OUR TRAIL BLAZERS.  YES. 
AND MANY TRAIL BLAZERS IN THE 
ROOM.  DR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND SPEAKER HAYDEN, CERTAINLY, 
ONE OF OUR TRAIL BLAZERS. 
PELOSI, WHO I KNOW WILL BE HERE 
ANY MINUTE.  SO[CHEERS AND 
APPLAUSE] IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT
WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING, I 
THINK, TO REMEMBER AND TOHERE 
ANY MINUTE. HONOR THE WOMEN WHO 
SO IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT WE ARE
HERE  REALLY HELPED TO MAKETHIS 
EVENING, I THINK, TO REMEMBER 
AND  ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE FOR 
ALL OF US, THETO HONOR THE WOMEN
WHO REALLY HELPED TO  
SUFFRAGISTS.  I THINK WE ALL 
KNOW THE HISTORY, OR AT LEAST WE
SHOULD.  WE'VE RECOUNTEDMAKE ALL
OF THIS POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF US, 
A BIT OF IT ALL THROUGHTHE 
SUFFRAGISTS. THE DAY OVER IN THE
SENATE, AND WE HAVE  I THINK WE 
ALL KNOW THE HISTORY, OR AT 
LEAST WE SHOULD. HOPEFULLY HEARD
MANY OF THE NAMES  WE'VE 
RECOUNTED A BIT OF IT ALL  IN 
THE DOCUMENTARY, AND MANY MORE 
THAT I'VETHROUGH THE DAY OVER IN
THE SENATE, AND  HEARD TODAY 
THAT I HADN'T REALLY RECOGNIZED.
WE HAVE HOPEFULLY HEARD MANY OF 
THE 
BUT CERTAINLY ELIZABETH CADY
NAMES IN THE DOCUMENTARY, AND 
MANY MORE THAT I'VE HEARD TODAY 
THAT I HADN'T  STANTON, SUSAN
REALLY RECOGNIZED. B. ANTHONY 
AND SOJOURN OF TRUTH.  THOSE ARE
JUST THREE.  THEIR DEEDS WERE 
CERTAINLY GREAT,SUSAN B. AND THE
OUTCOMES  ANTHONY AND SOJOURN OF
TRUTH.MONUMENTAL.  
MONUMENTAL.  OVER THE PAST 
SEVERAL  THOSE ARE JUST THREE. 
MONTHS, WE'VE   THEIR DEEDS WERE
CERTAINLY GREAT, AND CELEBRATED 
VARIOUS KEY MOMENTSTHE OUTCOMES 
MONUMENTAL. IN WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
AND THE  OVER THE PAST SEVERAL 
MONTHS, WE'VE  ULTIMATE -- WE 
WILL BE CELEBRATING SOON, IN 
ANOTHER YEAR --CELEBRATED 
VARIOUS KEY MOMENTS IN  THE 
ULTIMATE RATIFICATION OF THE
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND THE 
ULTIMATE -- WE  19TH AMENDMENT. 
HOUSE PASSAGEWILL BE CELEBRATING
SOON, IN ANOTHER  AND SENATE 
PASSAGE TODAY, AND WITHYEAR -- 
THE ULTIMATE RATIFICATION OF THE
EACH OF THESE19TH AMENDMENT. 
CELEBRATIONS, LIKE THE OPENING 
OF THIS EXHIBIT   HOUSE PASSAGE 
AND SENATE PASSAGE TONIGHT, I'M 
CONSTANTLY INSPIRED BY THESE 
WOMENTODAY, AND WITH EACH OF 
THESE  THAT I READ AND HEAR 
ABOUT.  THEIR CELEBRATIONS, LIKE
THE OPENING OF THIS WORDS, THEIR
IMAGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO 
EXHIBIT TONIGHT, I'M CONSTANTLY 
INSPIRED SEE, SOME OF THE 
LETTERS THATBY THESE WOMEN THAT 
I READ AND HEAR ABOUT. DR. 
HAYDEN TALKED ABOUT.   THEIR 
WORDS, THEIR IMAGES THAT WE'RE  
AS SUSAN B. ANTHONY SAID, AND
GOING TO SEE, SOME OF THE 
LETTERS THAT DR. I QUOTE, IT WAS
HAYDEN TALKED ABOUT. WE THE   AS
SUSAN B.PEOPLE, NOT WE THE WHITE
MALE CITIZENS NOR ANTHONY SAID, 
AND I QUOTE, IT WAS WE  YET THE 
MALE CITIZENS, NOTTHE PEOPLE, 
NOT WE THE WHITE MALE  YET WE 
THE MALE CITIZENS, BUT WE THE 
WHOLE PEOPLE WHO FORMEDCITIZENS 
NOR YET THE MALE CITIZENS, NOT  
THE UNION. YET WE THE MALE 
CITIZENS, BUT WE THE  MEN, THEIR
RIGHTS AND NOTHING MORE, AND 
WOMEN THEIR RIGHTSWHOLE PEOPLE 
WHO FORMED THE UNION. AND 
NOTHING LESS.  THAT IS  MEN, 
THEIR RIGHTS AND NOTHING MORE,  
POWERFUL.  AND GIVEN THE TIME,
AND WOMEN THEIR RIGHTS AND 
NOTHING LESS. VERY BRAVE.  OF 
COURSE, IN THE  THAT IS 
POWERFUL. WORDS OF  AND GIVEN 
THE TIME, VERY BRAVE. ANOTHER 
SUFFRAGIST, ELIZABETH CADY 
STANTON, SHE SAID, AND I QUOTE, 
BRIEFLY, THE BEST  OF COURSE, IN
THE WORDS OF ANOTHER  PROTECTION
ANY WOMANSUFFRAGIST, ELIZABETH 
CADY STANTON, SHE  CAN HAVE IS 
COURAGE.  THESE WOMENSAID, AND I
QUOTE, BRIEFLY, THE BEST  WERE 
CERTAINLY COURAGEOUS.  THIS WAS 
NOT AN EASY EFFORTPROTECTION ANY
WOMAN CAN HAVE IS COURAGE. THAT 
THEY UNDERTOOK, AND IT CERTAINLY
DIDN'T HAPPEN   THESE WOMEN WERE
CERTAINLY COURAGEOUS.OVERNIGHT. 
IT CERTAINLY DID NOT HAPPEN   
THIS WAS NOT AN EASY EFFORT THAT
THEY OVERNIGHT.  THEUNDERTOOK, 
AND IT CERTAINLY DIDN'T  
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT ACTUALLYHAPPEN
OVERNIGHT. LASTED FOR MORE THAN 
SEVEN   IT CERTAINLY DID NOT 
HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.DECADES.  NOW, 
TO GET A PERSPECTIVE OF A YOUNG 
THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT ACTUALLY 
LASTED  CHILD HERE THINKING, ARE
YOU KIDDING ME! ITFOR MORE THAN 
SEVEN DECADES. TOOK  NOW, TO GET
A PERSPECTIVE OF A YOUNG CHILD 
HERE THINKING, ARE YOU KIDDING 
ME! 70 YEARS?  
THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT IT'S SO
IMPORTANT TO LOOK 
RETROSPECTIVELY BACK AND IT TOOK
REMIND OURSELVES OF THE 
STRUGGLES. THAT JUST SHOWS YOU 
THAT IT'S SO  CAN YOU IMAGINE 
HAVING IDEAS, HAVING OPINIONS,
IMPORTANT TO LOOK 
RETROSPECTIVELY BACK  KNOWING IN
YOUR HEAD AND YOUR HEART THATAND
REMIND OURSELVES OF THE 
STRUGGLES. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
EXPRESS OPINIONS AND   CAN YOU 
IMAGINE HAVING IDEAS, HAVING 
IDEAS, SHARE THEM WITH THE WORLD
AND TAKE THEMOPINIONS, KNOWING 
IN YOUR HEAD AND YOUR  WITH YOU 
TO THE BALLOT BOXHEART THAT YOU 
SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPRESS  THAT 
WE'RE GIFTED TO OPINIONS AND 
IDEAS, SHARE THEM WITH THE DO IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND THEN BEING 
TOLD THATWORLD AND TAKE THEM 
WITH YOU TO THE  YOUR IDEAS AND 
OPINIONS DON'TBALLOT BOX THAT 
WE'RE GIFTED TO DO IN  REALLY 
MATTER.  
BEING TOLDTHIS COUNTRY, AND THEN
BEING TOLD THAT  THAT YOUR IDEAS
AND OPINION DON'T REALLY MATTER,
MANY OF YOU, I THINK MANY OF US,
HAVEYOUR IDEAS AND OPINIONS 
DON'T REALLY MATTER. FELT THAT 
AT ONE TIME OR BEING TOLD THAT 
YOUR IDEAS AND OPINION ANOTHER. 
BUT THEDON'T REALLY MATTER, MANY
OF YOU, I  SUFFRAGISTS, IT 
WASN'T A QUESTION.  IT WAS THINK
MANY OF US, HAVE FELT THAT AT 
ONE THE WAY THINGS TIME OR 
ANOTHER.WERE.  UNTIL THESE 
WOMEN, THESE  BUT THE 
SUFFRAGISTS, IT WASN'T A 
QUESTION. SUFFRAGISTS SAID, 
ENOUGH.   IT WAS THE WAY THINGS 
WERE. AND THEY STOOD UP, THEY 
ORGANIZED,  UNTIL THESE WOMEN, 
THESE SUFFRAGISTS  THEY PUTSAID,
ENOUGH. ON THEIR PURPLE AND 
THEIR WHITE, AND THEIR GOLD  AND
THEY STOOD UP, THEY ORGANIZED,  
AND THEIR SASHES AND THEY 
PARADED IN THE STREETS.
THEYTHEY PUT ON THEIR PURPLE AND
THEIR  MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD,
WHITE, AND THEIR GOLD AND THEIR 
SASHES  ANDAND THEY PARADED IN 
THE STREETS. THEY CHANGED 
HISTORY.  THE 19TH AMENDMENT 
GAVE WOMEN MORE THAN JUST THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE.  IN MANYCHANGED 
HISTORY. WAYS, IT GAVE WOMEN THE
COURAGE TO  THE 19TH AMENDMENT 
GAVE WOMEN MORE  RUN AND TOTHAN 
JUST THE RIGHT TO VOTE. ADVOCATE
AND TO LEAD.  AND IT'S THAT  IN 
MANY WAYS, IT GAVE WOMEN THE  
COURAGE THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY 
TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT WITH THIS
COURAGE TO RUN AND TO ADVOCATE 
AND TO LEAD. EXHIBIT.  THE 
COURAGE OF THE  AND IT'S THAT 
COURAGE THAT WE ARE HERE  
SUFFRAGISTS AND THE COURAGE THAT
THEY WORKED TO IMPART ONTODAY TO
CELEBRATE TONIGHT WITH THIS 
EXHIBIT. GENERATIONS AND 
GENERATIONS OF WOMEN TO COME, OF
WHICH I'M  THE COURAGE OF THE 
SUFFRAGISTS AND THE  BLESSED TO 
BE IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS.  THE
COURAGE THAT THEY WORKED TO 
IMPART ON  COURAGE TO TURN
GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS OF 
WOMEN TO  AN IDEACOME, OF WHICH 
I'M BLESSED TO BE IN  INTO AN 
THEIR FOOTSTEPS.ACHIEVEMENT, THE
COURAGE TO TURN A PASSION INTO 
AN ACTION, THE  THE COURAGE TO 
TURN AN IDEA INTO AN  COURAGE TO
THINK,ACHIEVEMENT, THE COURAGE 
TO TURN A  YES! YES! WHEN SO 
MANY PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU
PASSION INTO AN ACTION, THE 
COURAGE TO  THINK, YES!NO.  YES!
AND THEN TO SAY IT, NOT JUST SAY
IT, BUT YELL IT, I'M SURE, AND 
WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TELLING 
YOU NO. SAY IT OUT LOUD.  I WORK
EVERY DAY  AND THEN TO SAY IT, 
NOT JUST SAY IT,  IN MY STATE OF
WEST VIRGINIA TO MAKE SURE THAT 
GIRLSBUT YELL IT, I'M SURE, AND 
SAY IT OUT LOUD. AND YOUNG WOMEN
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND IN   I 
WORK EVERY DAY IN MY STATE OF 
WEST MY STATE UNDERSTAND THAT 
THEY CANVIRGINIA TO MAKE SURE 
THAT GIRLS AND  DO THE SAME.  
AND I KNOW THATYOUNG WOMEN 
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND IN MY  SO
MANY OTHERS IN THIS ROOM DO 
THAT, THROUGH YOURSTATE 
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN DO THE 
SAME. WORDS, YOUR ACTIONS, YOUR 
EXAMPLE.   AND I KNOW THAT SO 
MANY OTHERS IN THIS  IT DOESN'T 
HAVE TO BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.  
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BEROOM DO 
THAT, THROUGH YOUR WORDS, YOUR 
ACTIONS, YOUR EXAMPLE. STARTING 
A MOVEMENT TO CHANGE THE VERY  
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RUNNING 
FOR OFFICE. FABRIC OF OUR NATION
LIKE THE SUFFRAGISTS DID.   IT 
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE STARTING A  
IT CAN BE ANYTHING.  ANDMOVEMENT
TO CHANGE THE VERY FABRIC OF  NO
MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION, NO 
MATTER WHAT THEOUR NATION LIKE 
THE SUFFRAGISTS DID. GOAL, NO 
MATTER WHAT THE  IT CAN BE 
ANYTHING. BARRIERS, YOU JUST 
GOTTA TAKE  AND NO MATTER WHAT 
THE SITUATION, NO  THAT FIRST 
STEP.  YOU HAVE TOMATTER WHAT 
THE GOAL, NO MATTER WHAT THE  
BREATHE LIFE INTO THAT IDEA OR 
THATBARRIERS, YOU JUST GOTTA 
TAKE THAT FIRST  OPINION, AND
STEP. YOU JUST HAVE TO ACT ON 
IT.   YOU HAVE TO BREATHE LIFE 
INTO THAT  THANKFULLY, THE WOMEN
WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT 
DIDIDEA OR THAT OPINION, AND YOU
JUST HAVE  JUST THAT.
THEIR ACTIONSTO ACT ON IT. LED 
TO SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR SO 
THANKFULLY, THE WOMEN WE'RE HERE
TO  MANY OTHERCELEBRATE TONIGHT 
DID JUST THAT. WOMEN THROUGHOUT 
HISTORY, AND THAT WILL BE THE 
CASE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.  
THAT'S A GOOD THING, BECAUSE WE 
STILLOPPORTUNITIES FOR SO MANY 
OTHER WOMEN  HAVE SO MANY
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, AND THAT 
WILL BE THE  MOUNTAINSCASE FOR 
GENERATIONS TO COME. LEFT TO 
CLIMB.  WE STILL HAVE A  THAT'S 
A GOOD THING, BECAUSE WE STILL  
LOT TO ACCOMPLISH, AND WE STILL 
HAVE MANYHAVE SO MANY MOUNTAINS 
LEFT TO CLIMB. FIRSTS TO 
CELEBRATE.  BUT IF HISTORY IS 
ANY INDICATION,  WE STILL HAVE A
LOT TO ACCOMPLISH, AND  THESE 
DAYS ARE HERE ANDWE STILL HAVE 
MANY FIRSTS TO CELEBRATE. THEY 
WILL KEEP COMING, AND THEY WILL 
BECOME  BUT IF HISTORY IS ANY 
INDICATION,  BECAUSE OF THE 
CONFIDENCE TO SAY YES TO THESE 
DAYS ARE HERE AND THEY WILL KEEP
OURSELVES, THE DETERMINATION
COMING, AND THEY WILL BECOME 
BECAUSE OF  TO SAY YES TO THE 
WORLDTHE CONFIDENCE TO SAY YES 
TO OURSELVES,  AND THE COURAGE 
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  THANK
YOU SO MUCH.  
[Applause]THE DETERMINATION TO 
SAY YES TO THE WORLD AND THE 
COURAGE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT 
IT.  THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[Applause]
Speaker: ON THIS DAY IN 1919, 
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS 
APPROVED THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
AMENDMENT FOR THE RIGHT TO 
Speaker:Speaker: ON THIS DAY IN 
1919, THE UNITED  VOTE.
TODAY, WESTATES CONGRESS 
APPROVED THE WOMEN'S  INVITE 
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO THE STAGE
TO READSUFFRAGE AMENDMENT FOR 
THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THIS HISTORIC
AMENDMENT IN COMMEMORATION OF 
ITS CENTENNIAL.
WE ALSO WELCOME THETHE STAGE TO 
READ THIS HISTORIC  CHAIR OF THE
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGEAMENDMENT IN 
COMMEMORATION OF ITS CENTENNIAL.
CENTENNIAL COMMISSION, KAY COLES
JAMES, AND THE VICE CHAIR, 
SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI, TO 
JOINWOMEN'S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL 
COMMISSION,  THE READING.  
[Applause]KAY COLES JAMES, AND 
THE VICE CHAIR, SENATOR BARBARA 
MIKULSKI, TO JOIN THE READING.
[Applause]
Speaker: THIS IS KIND OF LIKE 
CONGRESSIONAL KAROAKE HERE. 
Speaker:CONGRESSIONAL KAROAKE 
HERE. 
Speaker: AND  SO, LET'S  BEGIN. 
3-2-1...Speaker: AND SO, LET'S 
BEGIN. 
THE RIGHT FOR CITIZENS OF THE 
UNITED STATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT 
BE DENIED OR THE RIGHT FOR 
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED ABRIDGED 
BY THE UNITED STATES OR BY ANY 
STATE ONSTATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT
BE DENIED OR  ACCOUNT OF 
ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED STATES OR
BY ANY SEX, CONGRESS SHALLSTATE 
ON HAVE POWER TO ENFORCE THIS 
ARTICLE BY APPROPRIATE 
LEGISLATION.  ACCOUNT OF SEX, 
CONGRESS SHALL HAVE  
Speaker: AMEN.  POWER TO ENFORCE
THIS ARTICLE BY APPROPRIATE 
LEGISLATION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Speaker: AND WE THANK[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE] THE MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS WHO ARE JOINING US 
TODAY, THE MEMBERS OF THE 
COMMISSION, WE THANK YOU SO, SO 
MUCH. CONGRESS WHO ARE JOINING 
US TODAY, THE MEMBERS OF THE 
COMMISSION, WE THANK YOU SO, SO 
MUCH.
[Applause]
WELCOME UNITED STATES SENATOR 
MARSHA BLACKBURN AND UNITED 
STATES REPRESENTATIVESpeaker: 
PLEASE WELCOME UNITED STATES  
BRENDA 
[Applause] LAWRENCE, SPONSORS OF
THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL
SENATOR MARSHA BLACKBURN AND 
UNITED  STATES REPRESENTATIVE 
BRENDA LAWRENCE, COMMEMORATIVE 
COIN ACT.  SPONSORS OF THE 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
[Applause] 
Senator Blackburn: WELL, BRENDA 
AND I SHOULD HAVE JUST -- WE 
[Applause]CAME UP THE STEPS 
TOGETHER.  WE SHOULD HAVE COME 
HERE.  I HAVE TO TELL YOU, 
TODAY'S BEEN ASenator Blackburn:
WELL, BRENDA AND I SHOULD HAVE 
JUST -- WE CAME UP THE STEPS  
MAGNIFICENTTOGETHER. DAY IN THE 
WE SHOULD HAVE COME HERE. U.S.  
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, TODAY'S BEEN
A 
SENATE.  AND WE HAVE TRULY 
KICKED OFF OUR YEAR OF  
CELEBRATION AS WE HAVE  AND WE 
HAVE TRULY KICKED OFF OUR YEAR 
CELEBRATED 100 YEARS PAST THAT 
THIS WAS THE DAY THAT WE SENTOF 
CELEBRATION AS WE HAVE  THE 19TH
AMENDMENT TO THE STATES
CELEBRATED 100 YEARS PAST THAT 
THIS WAS  FOR
THE DAY THAT WE SENT THE 19TH 
AMENDMENT  RATIFICATION.  AND 
FOR US, WE'VE HAD SUCH ATO THE 
STATES FOR GOOD RATIFICATION. 
TIME CELEBRATING THIS, AND JUST 
RECOGNIZING THE WOMEN FROM OUR 
STATE  AND FOR US, WE'VE HAD 
SUCH A GOOD TIME  WHO DID SO 
MUCH TOCELEBRATING THIS, AND 
JUST RECOGNIZING  MAKE THIS THE 
WOMEN FROM OUR STATE WHO DID SO 
MUCH HAPPEN.  AND AS WE HAVE 
TALKED ABOUT THE DAY, WE'VETO 
MAKE THIS HAPPEN. TALKED ABOUT 
TENNESSEE AND CARLA MENTIONED  
AND AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE 
DAY,  THIS.  WE WERE THE 36TH 
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TENNESSEE AND
CARLA STATE,MENTIONED THIS. AND 
RATIFICATION CAME
ON   WE WERE THE 36TH STATE, AND
AUGUST 18TH, 1920.  AND WE KNOW 
THAT THERATIFICATION CAME 72 
YEARS -- 
JUST THINK ABOUT ON AUGUST 18TH,
1920. IT, 72 YEARS --
THAT THIS MOVEMENT CARRIED THE 
MOMENTUM THAT WAS NECESSARY TO 
EMPOWER EACHTHAT THIS MOVEMENT 
CARRIED THE MOMENTUM  AND EVERY 
ONE OF US, AND THEN IN THAT 
AUGUST, WHEN EVERYONETHAT WAS 
NECESSARY TO EMPOWER EACH AND  
CAME TO NASHVILLE, ALL THEEVERY 
ONE OF US, AND THEN IN THAT  
SUFFRAGISTS AND ALL THE PROS AND
CONSAUGUST, WHEN EVERYONE CAME 
TO NASHVILLE,  CAME, IT WAS 72
ALL THE SUFFRAGISTS AND ALL THE 
PROS AND  STEPS FROM THE 
HERMITAGE HOTEL, WHERE THEY 
GATHERED FOR TEA ANDCONS CAME, 
IT WAS 72 STEPS FROM THE  
ORGANIZED TO THE STATE CAPITOL, 
WHERE THEY WEREHERMITAGE HOTEL, 
WHERE THEY GATHERED FOR  
SUCCESSFUL.  SO WE'VE HAD A 
WONDERFUL TIMETEA AND ORGANIZED 
TO THE STATE CAPITOL,  WHERE 
THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL.
CELEBRATING, AND ALSO TODAY, IN 
THE HOUSE, WE PASSED  SO WE'VE 
HAD A WONDERFUL TIME  THE 
CELEBRATING, AND ALSO TODAY, IN 
THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL 
COMMISSION
COMMEMORATIVE COIN HOUSE, WE 
PASSED THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
BILL.  
S-1235.  AND THISCENTENNIAL 
COMMISSION IS BEING 
COMMEMORATIVE COIN BILL. HANDLED
IN THE HOUSE BY BRENDA AND ALSO 
OUR COLLEAGUE,   AND THIS IS 
BEING HANDLED IN THE HOUSE ELISE
STEFANIK, WHO IS FROM NEW YORK, 
AND THIS COIN WILL COMMEMORATE 
THE 72 YEARS THAT ITBY BRENDA 
AND ALSO OUR COLLEAGUE, ELISE  
TOOK TO GETSTEFANIK, WHO IS FROM
NEW YORK, AND THIS  WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE PASSED IN THECOIN WILL 
COMMEMORATE THE 72 YEARS THAT  
U.S. TREASURY -- AND THE U.S. 
TREASURYIT TOOK TO GET WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE PASSED  WILL MINT A 
SILVER COMMEMORATIVEIN THE U.S. 
COIN IN HONOR TREASURY -- AND 
THE U.S. OF THIS CENTENNIAL.  
BRENDA?  
[Applause]TREASURY WILL MINT A 
SILVER COMMEMORATIVE COIN IN 
HONOR OF THIS CENTENNIAL. 
Speaker: GOOD EVENING.  I'M SO 
EXCITED TO BE[Applause] HERE.  
WE HADSpeaker: GOOD EVENING. OUR
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
CELEBRATION LAST MONTH, AND TO 
BE HERE TODAY IN OUR WAY WITH 
OUR YELLOW ROSES, IT WAS  WE HAD
OUR CELEBRATION LAST MONTH, AND 
SUCH AN HONOR.  I JUSTTO BE HERE
TODAY IN OUR WAY WITH OUR  WANT 
TO GIVE A LITTLE REFLECTION
YELLOW ROSES, IT WAS SUCH AN 
HONOR. ON HISTORY TODAY.  AT A 
TIME IN  I JUST WANT TO GIVE A 
LITTLE  OUR COUNTRY WHERE THERE 
WEREREFLECTION ON HISTORY TODAY.
DECISIONS MADE THAT WOMEN WOULD 
NOT HAVE THE   AT A TIME IN OUR 
COUNTRY WHERE THERE RIGHT TO 
VOTE, THINK ABOUTWERE DECISIONS 
MADE THAT WOMEN WOULD NOT  IT, 
THE ACTUAL CONVERSATION, 
LEGISLATION, PROTESTS, THAT WAS
HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE, THINK 
ABOUT IT,  NEEDED FOR US TO HAVE
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.  AND LADIES 
AND THE ACTUAL CONVERSATION, 
LEGISLATION, GENTLEMEN, I STAND
PROTESTS, THAT WAS NEEDED FOR US
TO HAVE  HERE TODAY AS A BLACK 
WOMANTHE RIGHT TO VOTE. IN 
AMERICA, AND WHILE WE CELEBRATE 
THE  AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I
STAND HERE  WOMEN WHO FOUGHT AND
TODAY AS A BLACK WOMAN IN 
AMERICA, AND  WHO PROTESTED, 
WENT TO JAIL BECAUSE THEYWHILE 
WE CELEBRATE THE WOMEN WHO 
FOUGHT  WOULD NOT GIVE UP, THEY 
HAD COURAGE.  ALSO WANT TO 
REMEMBER AND MAKEAND WHO 
PROTESTED, WENT TO JAIL BECAUSE 
SURE THEY WOULD NOT GIVE UP, 
THEY HAD COURAGE.THAT HISTORY 
REFLECTS THAT BLACK WOMEN DID 
NOT GET THE  ALSO WANT TO 
REMEMBER AND MAKE SURE  RIGHT TO
VOTE UNTILTHAT HISTORY REFLECTS 
THAT BLACK WOMEN  60 YEARS 
LATER.  
[Applause]
[Applause] 
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DID NOT 
GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE UNTIL FOUR
YEARS LATER.  NATIVE AMERICAN 
WOMEN DID NOT GET THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE UNTIL FOUR YEARS LATER.
[Applause] 
AND SO OFTEN, PEOPLE DON'T 
REALIZE[Applause]
THAT SOJOURNER TRUTH WAS A 
SUFFRAGIST.  SHE WASAND SO 
OFTEN, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE ONE 
OF THE ORIGINAL ONES, AND I JUST
WANT TO USE ONE OF THAT 
SOJOURNER TRUTH WAS A 
SUFFRAGIST. HER QUOTES BECAUSE 
SHE WAS SUCH AN AMAZING WOMAN.  
THEN THAT LITTLE  SHE WAS ONE OF
THE ORIGINAL ONES, AND  MAN IN 
BLACK, HEI JUST WANT TO USE ONE 
OF HER QUOTES  SAYS WOMEN CAN'T
BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH AN AMAZING 
WOMAN. HAVE AS MANY RIGHTS AS 
MEN CAUSE  THEN THAT LITTLE MAN 
IN BLACK, HE SAYS  CHRIST WASN'T
A WOMAN.  WHERE DID YOUR CHRIST
WOMEN CAN'T HAVE AS MANY RIGHTS 
AS MEN  COME FROM?  
WHERE DID YOURCAUSE CHRIST 
WASN'T A WOMAN. CHRIST COME 
FROM?
FROM GOD AND A WOMAN.  MAN 
DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DOFROM 
GOD AND A WOMAN.  MAN DIDN'T 
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. 
WITH IT.  
[Applause] 
AND THEN SHE 
CONTINUED.  IF THE FIRST WOMAN 
GOD EVER MADE WAS STRONG ENOUGH 
TO TURNAND THEN SHE THE WORLD 
CONTINUED. UPSIDE DOWN ALL  IF 
THE FIRST WOMAN GOD EVER MADE 
WAS  ALONE, THESE WOMENSTRONG 
ENOUGH TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE 
TOGETHER OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO 
TURN IT BACK AND GET IT RIGHT
DOWN ALL ALONE, THESE WOMEN 
TOGETHER  SIDE UPOUGHT TO BE 
ABLE TO TURN IT BACK AND GET  
AGAIN.  AND NOW, THEY ARE ASKING
TO DO IT AND THE MEN BETTER LET 
THEM. IT RIGHT SIDE UP AGAIN. 
[Applause]  AND NOW, THEY ARE 
ASKING TO DO IT AND THE MEN 
BETTER LET THEM. 
I'M SO GLAD TO BE STANDING HERE 
TODAY, BECAUSE[Applause] I STAND
ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE WOMEN,
THOSE LEADERSI'M SO GLAD TO BE 
STANDING HERE TODAY,  WHO HAD 
COURAGE, AND I SAYBECAUSE I 
STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF  THIS 
CONSTANTLY.  THOSE WOMEN, THOSE 
LEADERS WHO HAD WOMEN, WE ARE 
WRITING HISTORY TODAY.  AS
COURAGE, AND I SAY THIS 
CONSTANTLY. WE REFLECT ON THESE 
AMAZING AND BRAVE WOMEN, WE ARE 
WOMEN, WE ARE WRITING HISTORY 
TODAY. 52  AS WE REFLECT ON 
THESE AMAZING AND  PERCENT OF 
THE POPULATION AND THE LARGEST 
VOTING BLOCK IN AMERICA.
AND SO WHEN IBRAVE WOMEN, WE ARE
52 PERCENT OF THE  LISTEN TO THE
WORDS THAT WERE SAID BACK
POPULATION AND THE LARGEST 
VOTING BLOCK  AT THEIN AMERICA. 
FIRST WOMEN'S CONVENTION THAT WE
AS WOMEN CAN TURN IT BACK WERE 
SAID BACK AT THE FIRST WOMEN'S 
RIGHT, I'M COUNTING ON EVERY 
WOMAN IN THIS ROOM. CONVENTION 
THAT WE AS WOMEN CAN TURN IT  
I'M SO GLAD FOR US TO REFLECT ON
OUR HISTORY. BACK RIGHT, I'M 
COUNTING ON EVERY WOMAN  I'M 
ALSOIN THIS ROOM. PROUD THAT 
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A COIN  
I'M SO GLAD FOR US TO REFLECT ON
OUR HISTORY. THAT WILL 
COMMEMORATE AND TO STAND  I'M 
ALSO PROUD THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF SENATOR 
BLACKBURN TO BE ABLE TOHAVE A 
COIN THAT WILL COMMEMORATE AND 
TO  MAKE THAT HAPPEN.  YOU KNOW 
I'M GOING TO TELL MYSTAND WITH 
THE LEADERSHIP OF SENATOR  
CHILDREN, LIKE THIS YOUNG LADY 
THERE, I'MBLACKBURN TO BE ABLE 
TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. GOING TO 
TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN, YOUR  YOU
KNOW I'M GOING TO TELL MY  
GRANDMA DID THAT. CHILDREN, LIKE
THIS YOUNG LADY THERE,  
[Applause]I'M GOING TO TELL MY 
GRANDCHILDREN, YOUR GRANDMA DID 
THAT.
WE ARE ALSO LEADING[Applause] A 
HOUSE AND SENATE LETTER TO THE 
CITIZENS STAMP ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE WE 
ACTUALLYWE ARE ALSO LEADING A 
HOUSE AND SENATE  GET A POSTAGE 
STAMP AS WELL TOLETTER TO THE 
CITIZENS STAMP ADVISORY  
COMMEMORATE OUR OFFICIAL 100TH 
COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE WE 
ACTUALLY GET A YEAR.  I'M PROUD 
TO BE THEPOSTAGE STAMP AS WELL 
TO COMMEMORATE OUR  DEMOCRATIC 
LEAD ON THE STAMP AND THE 
OFFICIAL 100TH YEAR.COIN, AND I 
JUST WANT TO LEAVE  I'M PROUD TO
BE THE DEMOCRATIC LEAD ON  YOU 
WITH THIS.  I FIGHT EVERY DAYTHE
STAMP AND THE COIN, AND I JUST 
WANT  AND SHOW UP BECAUSE ITO 
LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. LOVE THIS 
COUNTRY.  I  I FIGHT EVERY DAY 
AND SHOW UP BECAUSE  LOVE I LOVE
THIS COUNTRY.AMERICA.  AND FOR 
THOSE WHO HEARD ME SPEAK BEFORE,
I LOVE AMERICA,  I EVEN THOUGH 
SOMETIMES SHE DIDN'T LOVE LOVE 
AMERICA. ME BACK.  SHE DIDN'T 
LOVE ME BECAUSE  AND FOR THOSE 
WHO HEARD ME SPEAK  I WAS A 
WOMAN.  SHE DIDN'TBEFORE, I LOVE
AMERICA, EVEN THOUGH  LOVE ME 
BECAUSESOMETIMES SHE DIDN'T LOVE
ME BACK. I WAS AN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.   SHE DIDN'T 
LOVE ME BECAUSE I WAS A WOMAN. 
BUT OUR   SHE DIDN'T LOVE ME 
BECAUSE I WAS AN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.DEMOCRACY OF 
THIS AMAZING COUNTRY, WITH 
PERSISTENCE AND WITH THE HARD 
WORK AND SACRIFICE AND THE  BUT 
OUR DEMOCRACY OF THIS AMAZING  
COURAGE OFCOUNTRY, WITH 
PERSISTENCE AND WITH THE  
AMERICANS, WE CHANGE THINGS IN 
THIS COUNTRY.  
AND IHARD WORK AND SACRIFICE AND
THE COURAGE  WILL CONTINUE TO 
SHOW UP AND WALK THE HALLS OFOF 
AMERICANS, WE CHANGE THINGS IN 
THIS COUNTRY. CONGRESS BUILT BY 
SLAVES TO SHOWAND I WILL 
CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AND WALK  UP
TO UNDERSTAND AND TO FIGHT AND 
MAKE SURE THATTHE HALLS OF 
CONGRESS BUILT BY SLAVES TO  THE
DEMOCRACYSHOW UP TO UNDERSTAND 
AND TO FIGHT AND  THAT WE LOVE 
CONTINUES.  I AM THE BIPARTISAN 
CHAIRMAKE SURE THAT THE 
DEMOCRACY OF THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS 
AND I'M FOCUSED THAT WE LOVE 
CONTINUES. ON ENSURING WOMEN IN 
AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE 
THE  I AM THE BIPARTISAN CHAIR 
OF THE  RIGHTS AND THE FREEDOMS 
THAT WERE FOUGHTWOMEN'S CAUCUS 
AND I'M FOCUSED ON  FOR IN THIS
ENSURING WOMEN IN AMERICA WILL 
CONTINUE  COUNTRY.  AND I WILL 
CONTINUE TO SHOWTO HAVE THE 
RIGHTS AND THE FREEDOMS THAT  UP
BECAUSE I BELIEVEWERE FOUGHT FOR
IN THIS COUNTRY. IN ONE NATION 
UNDER   AND I WILL CONTINUE TO 
SHOW UP BECAUSE GOD, INDIVISIBLE
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR 
ALL, AND THAT INCLUDES US WOMEN.
THANK I BELIEVE IN ONE NATION 
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH 
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, AND
THAT INCLUDES US WOMEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU.  
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Speaker: PLEASE WELCOME THE 
CHAIRMAN OF THE FIRST FINANCIAL 
BANK, ALBERT HEGYI.  
YOU.  
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Speaker: PLEASE WELCOME THE 
CHAIRMAN
[Applause] 
Albert Hegyi:[Applause] GOOD 
EVENING, EVERYONE.  THIS HAS 
BEEN A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION, 
AND IT'S REALLY AAlbert Hegyi: 
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
PRIVILEGE FOR FIRST FINANCIAL TO
BE SUPPORTING  THIS HAS BEEN A 
WONDERFUL CELEBRATION,  THIS 
EXHIBITION.  ALONGAND IT'S 
REALLY A PRIVILEGE FOR FIRST  
WITH THE OTHER GENEROUS SPONSORS
AND FINANCIAL TO BE SUPPORTING 
THIS EXHIBITION.DONORS OF THIS 
EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE 
CENTENNIAL OF   ALONG WITH THE 
OTHER GENEROUS SPONSORS WOMEN'S 
RIGHT TO VOTE, WE'RE HERE TOAND 
DONORS OF THIS EXHIBITION  
SUPPORT THE LIBRARY OF
CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF 
WOMEN'S  CONGRESS AND TO SUPPORT
THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEADRIGHT TO 
VOTE, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE 
THIS INSTITUTION SINCE 1802. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND TO 
SUPPORT THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD 
THIS INSTITUTION SINCE 1802. 
THAT'S MUCH MORE THAN 72 YEARS, 
SO CONGRATULATIONS.  CARLA 
HAYDEN IS ALSO THAT'S MUCH MORE 
THAN 72 YEARS, SO 
CONGRATULATIONS. THE FIRST 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIBRARIAN  
CARLA HAYDEN IS ALSO THE FIRST 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIBRARIAN OF 
CONGRESS. OF CONGRESS.  HOW 
APPROPRIATE IT IS THAT DR.  
HAYDEN NOW HOLDS THIS PROMINENT 
POSITION ON A DAY HOW 
APPROPRIATE IT IS THAT DR. THAT 
WE CELEBRATE A GREAT HAYDEN NOW 
HOLDS THIS PROMINENT  MILESTONE 
FOR AMERICA, THE ENACTMENT OF 
THEPOSITION ON A DAY THAT WE 
CELEBRATE A  19TH AMENDMENT.  
ALREADY IN GREAT MILESTONE FOR 
AMERICA, THE THE RATHER SHORT 
TIME DR. HAYDEN HAS BEEN AT THE
ENACTMENT OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT.
HELM, SHE EXEMPLIFIES  ALREADY 
IN THE RATHER SHORT TIME DR. 
CHANGE AND PROGRESS.
FOR EXAMPLE, DR.  HAYDEN HAS 
BEEN AT THE HELM, SHE HAYDEN HAS
A NEWEXEMPLIFIES CHANGE AND 
PROGRESS. STRATEGIC PLAN -- 
SOMETIMES PAPERS STICK TOGETHER.
SORRY -- HAYDEN HAS A NEW
FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LIBRARY, 
STRATEGIC PLAN -- SOMETIMES 
PAPERS  INCLUDING THESTICK 
TOGETHER. NEW DIGITAL PLAN TO 
BENEFIT THE PUBLIC, AND SHE'SFOR
THE FUTURE OF THE LIBRARY, 
INCLUDING  EVEN ANNOUNCED 
EFFORTS TO THE NEW DIGITAL PLAN 
TO BENEFIT THE REDESIGN PARTS OF
THIS THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDING 
TOPUBLIC, AND SHE'S EVEN 
ANNOUNCED EFFORTS  CREATE THE 
OPTIMUM EXPERIENCE FOR ITSTO 
REDESIGN PARTS OF THIS THOMAS  
MORE THAN TWO MILLION VISITORS 
EVERY YEAR. JEFFERSON BUILDING 
TO CREATE THE OPTIMUM  ALL FOR 
THE PUBLIC, ALL FOREXPERIENCE 
FOR ITS MORE THAN TWO MILLION 
VISITORS EVERY YEAR. THE FUTURE.
THROUGH HER MANY  ALL FOR THE 
PUBLIC, ALL FOR EXHIBITIONS, THE
FUTURE. DISPLAYS, CELEBRATIONS, 
AWARDS, SYMPOSIUMS AND PROGRAMS,
SHE HAS PROVEN  THROUGH HER MANY
EXHIBITIONS,  THROUGHOUT HER 
LIFE TO BE A TRAIL BLAZER
DISPLAYS, CELEBRATIONS, AWARDS, 
AND A VERYSYMPOSIUMS AND 
PROGRAMS, SHE HAS PROVEN 
THROUGHOUT HER LIFE TO BE A 
TRAIL BLAZER 
AND A VERY DECISIVE LEADER.  
NOW, DR. HAYDEN, AS LIBRARIAN OF
CONGRESS, IS ON A MISSION.
IN HER WORDS, SHE WANTS TO OPEN 
TO THE 
WORLD TO THE TREASURE CHEST THAT
IS THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.  I 
AM HONORED TO WELCOME THE 
LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, DR. CARLA
HAYDEN, BACK TO THE PODIUM.  DR.
[Applause]
Hayden: THANK YOU, MR.
HEGYI, FOR THOSE VERY KIND WORDS
AND YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS 
INSTITUTION, AND I 
WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE DO 
SUPPORT EQUAL RIGHTS, AND YOU 
WERE ABLE TO SPEAK.
NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO 
INTRODUCE TWO VERY SPECIAL 
GUESTS.  WE HAVE TWO VERY 
ACCOMPLISHED WRITERS WHO HAVE 
DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE 
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT AND HAVE 
WRITTEN BRILLIANT BOOKS ABOUT 
IT.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING 
REBECCA 
BOGGS ROBERTS, AUTHOR OF 
SUFFRAGETTES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
, THE 1913 PARADE AND FIGHT FOR 
THE VOTE, AND ELAINE WEISS, 
AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN'S HOUR, THE
GREAT FIGHT TO WIN THE 
[Applause]
Speaker: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH 
FOR HAVING US HERE ON THIS 
HISTORIC NIGHT IN THIS HISTORIC 
ROOM.
WE GOT A SNEAK PEEK OF THE 
EXHIBIT UPSTAIRS, AND IT IS 
JAW-DROPPING.  WE BOTH HAD TO BE
DRAGGED OUT OF THERE.  AND YOU 
ALL WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT 
LATER ON.  AND IT'S REALLY -- IT
JUST SHOWCASES NOT JUST THE 
EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE, BUT THE RESOURCES THIS
INSTITUTION HAS TO OFFER TO 
HISTORIANS AND VISITORS AND 
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN 
LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
BOTH OF US DID LOTS OF RESEARCH 
HERE.THE COLLECTIONS ARE 
UNRIVALED, AND IF YOU WANT TO 
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUFFRAGE 
STORY, AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE 
YOU DO, READ OUR BOOKS, BUT THEN
ALSO 
COME AND LEARN WHAT THERE IS TO 
LEARN HERE.  AND YOU GOT A 
CHANCE TO SEE ANOTHER HISTORIC 
ROOM TODAY.
I WAS, ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS 
OF THE COMMISSION AND OTHER 
GUESTS, I WAS ABLE 
TO BE IN THE GALLERY OF THE 
SENATE THIS 
AFTERNOON TO HEAR SOME VERY 
BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTES TO THE 
PASSAGE OF THE 19TH 
AMENDMENT ON JUNE 4TH OF 1919.  
AND IT WAS VERY STIRRING FOR ME,
FOR SOMEONE WHO HAD STUDIED THE 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF THAT 
DAY, AND OF 
COURSE SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS 
WORKING WITH LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
MATERIALS.THE SENSE -- I TRIED 
TO IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR 
THE SUFFRAGISTS TO BE 
SITTING IN THAT VERY GALLERY 
WATCHING 
THEIR CAUSE BEING DECIDED.
SOMETHING WE, AGAIN, WE KNOW OF 
THE 72 YEARS THAT THE MOVEMENT 
HAD TO WORK IN ORDER TO FINALLY 
ACHIEVE EQUAL RIGHTS 
FOR WOMEN, BUT IN THE SENATE AND
IN THE 
HOUSE, IN CONGRESS, IT HAD BEEN 
STALLED, THE AMENDMENT, FEDERAL 
AMENDMENT, HAD BEEN STALLED FOR 
40 YEARS.
AND IT HAD BEEN VOTED DOWN 28 
TIMES.Speaker: AND SOMETIMES SO 
CLOSE! EITHER IN COMMITTEE OR ON
THE FLOOR.
AND SO THE WOMEN MUST HAVE HAD A
SENSE 
OF BOTH ELATION AND DREAD AND 
EXHAUSTION AND A SENSE OF FINAL 
JUSTICE.  BUT THEY DIDN'T 
CELEBRATE.
IN FACT, WE KNOW THAT ALICE PAUL
AND CARRIE CATTS, THE LEADERS OF
THE TWO WINGS OF THE SUFFRAGE 
MOVEMENT, WERE NOT IN THE 
GALLERY, AS SOME OF US WERE 
TODAY.
THEY WERE OUT ALREADY PLANNING 
FOR THE RATIFICATION FIGHT, 
WHICH WAS GOING TO BE A VERY, 
VERY DIFFICULT FIGHT.
SO WE KNOW THAT LOOKING FORWARD,
THESE WOMEN AND THE MEN WHO 
SUPPORTED THEM WERE ALWAYS 
LOOKING FORWARD.  THEY WERE 
NEVER SATISFIED.  THEY DIDN'T 
JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE A PARTY AND
SAY THAT'S ENOUGH.
THEY HAD TO GO GET THE NEXT 
STAGE OF THE FIGHT.
Speaker: AND, YOU KNOW, SO MOST 
OF MY RESEARCH IS ABOUT THE 
NATIONAL WOMEN'S PARTY, 
ESPECIALLY HERE IN WASHINGTON, 
AND ALICE PAUL AND ALL THE 
THINGS SHE DID HERE.  ELAINE 
FOCUSES ON THE THE RATIFICATION 
SITE, AND CARRIE CHAPMAN CATTTS,
WHO WAS THE GENERAL OF THAT 
SUCCESS, AND THOSE TWO WOMEN 
REALLY SORT OF EMBODY SOMETHING 
THAT COMES UP A LOT.  WE 
DISCOVERED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 
OUR BOOKS AND ABOUT THIS 
MOVEMENT, THAT A 
LOT OF PEOPLE ASK WHAT CAN THE 
CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT LEARN FROM
THE SUFFRAGE FIGHT AND WHAT DO 
YOU SEE REFLECTED IN CURRENT 
FEMINIST WORK?
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 
THINK WE BOTH EMPHASIZE A LOT IS
THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NATIONAL 
WOMEN'S PARTY LED 
BY ALICE PAUL, AND THE NATIONAL 
AMERICAN 
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, THEY
WERE AT TIMES RIVALRYISTS AND 
SAID NASTY THINGS ABOUT EACH 
OTHER, BUT THEY ALSO REALLY 
SERVED EACH OTHER'S PURPOSES 
BECAUSE THE RADICAL WING SERVED 
TO MAKE THE MODERATE WING LOOK 
REASONABLE AND THE MODERATE WING
WENT ABOUT DOING THIS SLOW, 
STEADY, EXHAUSTING GRASSROOTS 
WORK, WHILE THE 
RADICAL WING COULD DO THE 
MASSIVE PUBLICITY RADICAL STUNTS
THAT THEY DID, AND WITHOUT THE 
MODERATE WING, THE WOMEN'S PARTY
WAS JUST STUMPED AND WITHOUT THE
FRINGE ELEMENT, THE MODERATE 
PARTY WOULD HAVE KEPT FIGHTING 
THAT 
SLOW, STEADY FIGHT FOR GOD KNOWS
HOW LONG.Speaker: AND AGAIN, 
BOTH REBECCA AND I IN OUR 
RESEARCH, AGAIN, AT DIFFERENT 
MOMENTS OF THE SUFFRAGE FIGHT, 
REALIZED 
HOW MUCH THIS IDEA OF TWO 
ORGANIZATIONS 
WITH THE SAME GOALS, WITH THE 
SAME PASSION, WITH THE SAME IDEA
OF JUSTICE AND EQUALITY IN THEIR
SITES AND THEIR REASON FOR 
BEING, BUT THEY WENT ABOUT IT IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
THEY HAD DIFFERENT METHODS.
AND TO SEE THEM WORK ON THEIR 
OWN TRACKS, BUT TOWARDS THAT 
SAME GOAL IS 
SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN REALLY 
LEARN FROM.
WE CAN LEARN HOW WE CAN TAKE 
DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE SAME
PROBLEM, TO THE 
SAME GOAL, AND THERE'S A SYNERGY
BETWEEN 
THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND 
WHAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN AVOID IS
SOME OF THE PERSONAL ANIMOSITY 
THAT YOU SEE IN THE LETTERS HERE
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.  
WHEN YOU DO GO THROUGH THEM, YOU
SEE THAT THE POLITICAL DOES 
BECOME THE PERSONAL VERY OFTEN 
AND THERE IS 
DISTRUST BETWEEN THE WOMEN.
NOT JUST THE LEADERS, BUT EVEN 
THE FOOT SOLDIERS.  SO THAT'S 
SOMETHING THAT I HOPE WE CAN 
LEARN FROM AND LEARN THAT THAT 
IS NOT 
REALLY PRODUCTIVE.  BUT THE IDEA
OF PROTESTS, YOU KNOW, 
THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF 
PROTESTS, 
AND REBECCA'S BOOK GIVES 
ENORMOUS 
TANTALIZING DETAIL ABOUT THE 
GREAT MARCH THAT WAS STAGED 
HERE, RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON 
IN MARCH OF 1913.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROTESTS IN 
THE EARLY LAST STAGE OF THE 
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, AND REBECCA, 
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, AND 
THEN I'LL JUST MENTION THAT HOW 
IMPORTANT PROTEST IS.Speaker: 
YEAH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE 
WASHINGTONIANS.  YOU GO DOWN 
EVERY DAY AND THERE'S ALWAYS A 
PROTEST, RIGHT?  WE THINK OF IT 
AS JUST A TRAFFIC HEADACHE.  BUT
THAT IDEA OF TAKING AN ISSUE TO 
THE CORE OF FEDERAL POWER, 
MARCHING VERY 
DELIBERATELY FROM THE EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH TO THE BRANCH RIGHT DOWN 
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THAT WAS 
HER IDEA.  SHE BROUGHT THAT 
PRESENCE HERE, AND, YOU KNOW, 
THE RESEARCH IS SO GREAT, 
BECAUSE SHE KEPT TRYING TO GET 
THE PERMIT FOR PENNSYLVANIA 
AVENUE AND THE 
POLICE CHIEF WAS REALLY NOT DOWN
WITH 
THAT PLAN, IN PART BECAUSE SHE 
WANTED TO COINCIDE AND THE 
PARADE WOULD BE MARCH 
3RD AND THE MARCH WOULD BE MARCH
4TH, 
AND THE POLICE WAS STRETCHED 
THIN WITH THE INAUGURATION 
COMING UP, AND 12, 13TH STREET 
WAS RUM ROW, SO HE THOUGHT, YOU 
KNOW, A BUNCH OF WOMEN MARCHING 
IN THE STREETS PLUS THIN POLICE 
FORCE PLUS BOOZE EQUALS SAD 
NEWS, AND HE KEPT SAYING THINGS 
LIKE HOW ABOUT 16TH STREET, YOU 
CAN STILL END AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT THE 
SAFE, LEAFY STREETS OF SHEPHERD 
PARK.  SHE WANTED TO MARCH DOWN 
THE MIDDLE OF THE CORRIDORS OF 
FEDERAL WASHINGTON, AND THE 
OTHER PART OF THE STORY -- I 
MEAN, IT IS AMAZING THAT SHE WAS
THAT BOLD.IT WAS PRETTY 
TRANSGRESSIVE FOR WOMEN TO MARCH
IN THE STREETS IN 1915.  THE 
ORGANIZATION LEVEL IS 
EXTRAORDINARY.
THE WOMEN HAD MATCHING COSTUMES.
BUT ALSO, SHE WAS SUCH A GREAT 
PUBLICITY MANAGER!
I MEAN, SHE MANAGED TO PLANT 
STORIES IN NEWSPAPERS ALL OVER 
THE COUNTRY.  SHE THOUGHT 
THROUGH HOW THINGS WOULD LOOK IN
PICTURES.
THERE WAS THIS WHOLE SORT OF 
TORTURED ALLEGORY.  IT HAD VERY 
LITTLE TO DO WITH SUFFRAGE, BUT 
BOY ARE THOSE PICTURES AMAZING. 
YOU CAN FIND THEM ALL HERE.  AND
SHE JUST WAS SUCH A PRO ABOUT 
HOW ALL OF THAT WORKED.  AND NOW
WE LOOK BACK THROUGH THE LENS OF
HISTORY, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, 
ALL THAT, BUT THEY WERE REALLY 
THOROUGH.
TODAY, AS ACTIVISTS TODAY, THEY 
WOULD BE 
-- THINK WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH
MEADE SOCIAL MEDIA, RIGHT?  ALL 
THOSE BANNERS ARE TWEETS.
Speaker: EXACTLY.  AND ALL THOSE
PHOTOGRAPHS.  THERE'S AN 
ENORMOUS COLLECTION HERE AT 
THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS SO 
VALUABLE TO BOTH OF US.  IT'S 
CALLED "WOMEN OF PROTEST," AND 
IT IS THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF
THE WOMEN'S PARTY, WHICH ALICE 
PAUL KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE 
IMPORTANT, AND SHE 
HAS PICTURES OF EVERY WOMAN WHO 
IS 
SERVING AT HEADQUARTERS, WHICH 
WAS RIGHT 
ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE RIGHT ACROSS
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH WAS 
NO ACCIDENT WHERE THEIR 
HEADQUARTERS WOULD BE.
AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL, 
WONDERFUL PICTURE FROM THAT 
COLLECTION WHEN THE 36TH STATE 
WAS FINALLY WON, AND, IN MY BOOK
I TELL YOU HOW CLOSE IT COMES TO
NOT BEING RATIFIED AT ALL.  SO 
WE SHOULDN'T TAKE FOR GRANTED 
THAT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS 
WONDERFUL MOMENT RIGHT NOW WHEN 
THE CONGRESS 
FINALLY, AFTER 40 YEARS, HAS 
PASSED THE 
AMENDMENTS, IT NOW HAS TO GO AND
BE RATIFIED BY THREE QUARTERS OF
THE STATES 
OF THE UNION, WHICH WAS 36 OF 
THE 48 STATES.  IT'S A TERRIBLE 
FIGHT.  IT WAS NOT EASY AT ALL.
THE FIRST FEW COME IN VERY 
EARLY, WHICH IS WISCONSIN AND 
ILLINOIS AND 
MICHIGAN, BUT THEN IT BEGINS TO 
SLOW DOWN, AND IT'S A VERY, VERY
DIFFICULT FIGHT.
BUT WHAT THIS SHOWS IS ALICE 
PAUL, 
AGAIN A PUBLICITY
PLOY, WOULD SEW -- SHE CALLED 
HERSELF THE BETSY ROSS OF 
RATIFICATION -- AND SHE WOULD 
SEW A STAR ON THAT BANNER IN 
THE WOMEN'S PARTY COLORS FOR 
EACH STATE THAT RATIFIED.
AND ON AUGUST 18TH, WHEN 
TENNESSEE 
FINALLY DOES JUST RATIFY BY THE 
SMALLEST 
OF MARGINS, SHE PUTS THE 36TH 
STAR, AND 
SHE UNFURLS IT ON JACKSON PLACE,
WHICH WAS THE HEADQUARTERS THEN,
AND THIS IS THIS WONDERFUL 
PICTURE OF THE WOMEN'S PARTY 
MEMBERS AND WORKERS SALUTING.  
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE
OF 
HER AT THAT -- A FEW MOMENTS 
LATER WHEN SHE'S TOASTING THE 
RATIFICATION.  NOW, YOU KNOW 
THAT THAT IS NOT CHAMPAGNE.
AND SHE DIDN'T DRINK.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT GRAPE 
JUICE.
BUT AGAIN, THE IDEA OF PROTESTS 
COUPLED WITH POLITICAL STRATEGY,
I THINK IS WHAT COMES THROUGH 
FOR US AS RESEARCHERS.
AND HERE WE COULD FIND NOT ONLY 
THESE 
WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHS, NOT ONLY 
THE HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS WHICH 
THE LIBRARY HAS DIGITIZED, WHICH
IS AN ENORMOUS, ENORMOUS GIFT TO
ANY RESEARCHER OR WRITER.
I CAN LOOK UP WHAT WAS BEING 
SAID IN KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE IN 
THE SUMMER OF 1920 FROM THE 
COMFORT OF MY HOME.  SO THIS IS 
IMPORTANT RESOURCES.  BUT ALSO, 
THERE'S LETTERS.
THE LETTERS THAT WE FIND HERE IN
THE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION, WHICH
WE READ ON MICROFILM.  WE DON'T 
TOUCH THEM.  WE DON'T, YOU KNOW,
SOIL THEM.
YOUR EYES DO BEGIN TO CROSS WHEN
YOU 
HAVE READ A LOT OF MICROFILM, 
BUT
WHAT WE FIND IS THIS IDEA THAT 
YES, WE'RE GOING TO PROTEST, 
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE 
STREETS.  WE ARE GOING TO WRITE 
OUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS, WE
ARE GOING TO LOBBY.  WE ARE 
GOING TO KEEP FILES.
THERE WAS OPPOSITION RESEARCH, 
VERY SOPHISTICATED OPPOSITION 
RESEARCH.  THE SUFFRAGISTS WERE 
ABLE TO HAVE IN 
THEIR OFFICES SO THEY KNEW 
EXACTLY WHICH 
REPRESENTATIVE AND -- WAS 
BEHOLDEN TO WHOM.  THEY USED THE
SOPHISTICATED POLITICAL 
TOOLS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE IN
THE STREETS KIND OF PUBLICITY 
GATHERING PROTESTS.  AND I THINK
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO GROUPS ON 
DIFFERENT TRACKS, BUT THEY ARE 
COMPLIMENTING ONE ANOTHER.
AND WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ASK ME 
WHAT CAN 
THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT TEACH US, 
I THINK 
IT'S THAT, THAT THERE IS A 
PLACE, AN IMPORTANT PLACE, FOR 
NON-VIOLENT 
PROTESTS, AND OF COURSE THE KIND
OF TECHNIQUES THAT THE 
SUFFRAGISTS 
PIONEERED, THE MARCHES, THE 
PICKETS, USING TEST CASES TO GO 
UP TO THE SUPREME COURT, LEGAL 
CASES.  THOSE WOULD BE USED BY 
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT LATER 
IN THE 20TH AND IN THE 21ST 
CENTURY.  SO I WOULD SAY YES, 
TAKE THE LESSONS OF NON-VIOLENT 
PROTESTS.  VOTE.
ALL THE TIME, IN THE WEIRD 
OFF-YEAR SCHOOL ELECTIONS, AND 
LEARN THE HISTORY.  LEARN IT 
HERE, LEARN IT IN THE EXHIBIT, 
LEARN IT IN OUR BOOK, AND THANK 
[Applause]
Hayden: THANK YOU BOTH.THAT WAS 
WONDERFUL AND WE WOULD LIKE TO 
SHOW OUR GRATITUDE WITH SOME 
SPECIAL GIFTS BEING BROUGHT IN 
BY LADIES YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE. 
THESE ARE FRAMED FACSIMILES FROM
THE LIBRARY COLLECTION, THE 
OFFICIAL PROGRAM 
OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
RECESSION THAT 
WAS HELD ON THAT DAY, MARCH 3RD,
1913, 
Speaker: OH, MY GOODNESS. 
Hayden: THAT WE'VE COME A LONG 
WAY, BABY.Speaker: OH, WOW.
Speaker: SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU
BOTH. Hayden: WE REALLY 
APPRECIATE IT.
[Applause]
Hayden: AND BEFORE -- THIS HAS 
BEEN A WONDERFUL EVENING.AND 
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE 
EXHIBITION AND TOLD YOU SOME 
THINGS ABOUT IT.
WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE CONGRESSMAN
LAWRENCE BE REASSURED THAT THE 
ROLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN 
AND THEIR STRUGGLE IS WELL 
REPRESENTED IN THE EXHIBITION, 
AND SO WE WILL INVITE 
EVERYONE UPSTAIRS TO SEE IT AND 
ENJOY ANOTHER RECEPTION.
AND ON THE WAY UP TO THE 
MEZZANINE, YOU 
WILL BE SERENADED BY THE CAST OF
THE 
IT'S A DYNAMIC SHOW THAT TELLS 
THE STORIES OF THE SUFFRAGETTES 
WHO WERE THE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT 
FOR OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND SO THE END, BEFORE WE MAKE 
IT TO THE EXHIBITION, IT IS MY 
HONOR TO 
WELCOME TO THE STAGE SPEAKER 
NANCY PELOSI.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL 
EVENING 
AND PROGRAM TO HEAR REBECCA AND 
ELAINE 
TALK ABOUT THE RESEARCH THEY 
HAVE DONE, THE APPRECIATION THAT
THEY HAVE, AND TO MAKE IT 
POSSIBLE FOR -- HELLO.  HELLO.
HOW ARE YOU?  THE FUTURE.
SO HERE WE ARE, ON MAY 21ST WE 
PASSED 
THE 19TH AMENDMENT THAT GAVE 
WOMEN THE 
WE WERE GALED THAT DAY BY 
SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI, WHO 
BOASTED OF HER 
SERVICE IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE 
SENATE, AND KAY COLES JAMES, 
MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.  AND I 
KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF
OUR COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING BRENDA
LAWRENCE FROM THE HOUSE AND 
OTHERS -- I DON'T KNOW EVERYONE 
WHO WAS HERE, SO I DON'T WANT TO
GO DOWN THAT PATH, BUT HOUSE AND
SENATE WOMEN.NOW, HERE WE ARE.
HERE WE ARE SEATED IN THE 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.  IN THIS 
CONGRESS WE HAVE OVER 100 
WOMEN SERVING FOR THE FIRST 
TIME.
100 WOMEN SERVING AT THE SAME 
TIME.
IN THE CONGRESS THAT WILL 
OBSERVE THE 
100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH 
AMENDMENT BEING RATIFIED.PRETTY 
EXCITING.
AND IN A CONGRESS, AND THIS 
ANNIVERSARY HAPPENING WHEN WE 
HAVE THE FIRST WOMAN LIBRARIAN 
OF CONGRESS. 
THANK YOU CARLA -- BARBARA 
MIKULSKI AND I TAKE SPECIAL 
PRIDE IN OUR BALTIMORE -- THE 
BALTIMORE ROOTS OF DR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
SO YOU'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT 
THE WORK OF THE SUFFRAGETTES.
IMAGINE THEIR COURAGE.  THEY 
WERE STARVED.
THEY DID STARVE.THEY HAD TO 
SHALL WE SAY BREAK WITH 
FAMILY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, 
LEAVE HOME.
IMAGINE THE COURAGE THEY HAD.  
THEY KNEW THEIR WHY.  THEY KNEW 
THEIR PURPOSE.  THEY KNEW WHAT 
THEY WANTED TO ACHIEVE AND THEY 
KNEW HOW TO GET IT DONE.  AND 
DR. HAYDEN REFERENCED, WHETHER 
IT WAS COURT CASES OR MARCHES OR
WHATEVER IT WAS, TO GET IT DONE.
WE STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS.  
I'M VERY PROUD THAT THE FIRST 
PARTNER OF CALIFORNIA IS HERE.
WHERE IS SHE?  JEN NEWSOME.  
VERY PROUD OF HER ROLE ON THE 
COMMISSION, AND I WAS TELLING 
HER YESTERDAY, SO YOU HAVE TO 
UNDERGO IT AGAIN TODAY, ABOUT 
ONE OF THE -- A 
COUPLE OF THE STORIES THAT I 
LIKE TO TELL, AND MY COLLEAGUES 
HAVE HEARD THESE 
STORIES SO MANY TIMES, BUT WHEN 
WE DECIDED, WHEN WE TOOK THE 
HOUSE A WHILE BACK, WE DECIDED 
THAT WE WERE GOING TO, 
SHALL WE SAY, ADD SOME COLOR TO 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 
THE STATUES AND THE REST.
ROSA PARKS, SOJOURNER TRUTH, 
HELEN KELLER, WOMEN, ET CETERA.
SO TODAY WE DEDICATED THE BUST 
OF SOJOURNER TRUTH.  IT WAS A 
BIG DEAL.
WE HAD NEWLY OPENED OUR 
EMANCIPATION 
CENTER IN THE VISITOR'S CENTER, 
AND SO 
MORE PEOPLE THAN COULD EVER FIT 
IN THE 
ROTUNDA SHOWED UP, THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE 
FOR THIS IMPORTANT OCCASION, AS 
WAS MENTIONED, THE ROLE OF THE 
WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE SUFFRAGIST
MOVEMENT.  AND SO WHAT WAS 
MEMORABLE THAT DAY IS THAT IT 
HAPPENED TO BE THE BEGINNING OF 
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, AND 
MICHELLE 
OBAMA HONORED US WITH HER 
PRESENCE, AND SHE SAID THIS.
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW 
WONDERFUL AND 
REMARKABLE, AND, I MEAN, 
SOJOURNER TRUTH 
IS BEYOND, I MEAN, JUST BEYOND 
JUST SUPER HUMAN ALLS THE THINGS
SHE DID.BUT AFTER SHE TALKED 
ABOUT THAT SHE SAID I JUST CAN'T
HELP BUT THINK HOW HAPPY 
SOJOURNER TRUTH WOULD BE TO SEE 
A WOMAN AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
BUT I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT 
SHE 
WOULD BE THINKING TO SEE ME, 
MICHELLE OBAMA, THE FIRST LADY 
OF AMERICA.
HOW FAR WE HAVE COME.  HOW FAR 
WE HAVE COME.
AND OUR COLLEAGUES WHO WERE 
THERE WHEN WE CELEBRATE WILL 
HAVE TO UNDERGO ME TELLING MY 
FAVORITE STORY, WHICH MANY OF 
YOU HAVE HEARD, BUT IT'S MY 
SUFFRAGIST STORY SO I'M STICKING
WITH IT, AND IT'S THIS.  WHEN I 
WENT TO MY FIRST MEETING AS 
LEADER TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THE 
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES 
AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE 
AND SENATE, DEMOCRATIC AND 
REPUBLICAN, MAYBE 
LIKE TEN PEOPLE
AT THE TABLE, WELL, I WAS VERY 
PRAECHBS 
OF GOING TO THE MEETING, BECAUSE
AS BARBARA MIKULSKI THE TELL 
YOU, AS AN APPROPRIATER YOU'RE 
THERE A LOT, AND I DIDN'T EVEN 
GIVE IT A THOUGHT.  I WAS GOING 
TO A MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
ANOTHER MEETING AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE, AND POOR BECCA, YOU HAVE 
TO UNDERGO THIS.
I'M SORRY.  MY BECCA, MY 
DARLING.  I'VE KNOWN HER SINCE 
SHE WAS A BABY AND I'M SO PROUD 
OF HER.  SO IN ANY EVENT, WE'RE 
GOING TO THE MEETING AND I 
REALIZE THIS MEETING IS 
NOT LIKE ANY MEETING I'VE EVER 
BEEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE BEFORE. 
IN FACT, IT'S NOT LIKE ANY 
MEETING ANY 
WOMAN HAS BEEN AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE BEFORE BECAUSE HERE IT 
WAS, PRESIDENT, VICE 
PRESIDENT, HOUSE, SENATE, 
DEMOCRATIC LEADER.
AND SO I SAT DOWN THINKING, WOW,
NO 
WOMAN HAS EVER -- NOW, WOMEN 
HAVE BEEN AT CABINET MEETINGS, 
AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING.  
IT'S A FABULOUSLY WONDERFUL 
THING, BUT YOUR PRESENCE THERE 
IS DERIVATIVE OF THE 
PERSON AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE.
BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THE PRESIDENT IS THERE, YOU'RE 
THERE AS REPRESENTATIVE OF A 
CO-EQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT 
SELECTED BY YOUR COLLEAGUES.  SO
I GO IN THERE, I SIT DOWN, 
EVER-GRACIOUS PRESIDENT BUSH, 
JUST AS 
LOVELY AS HE COULD BE WELCOMING,
AND WHILE HE WAS SPEAKING AND I 
WAS SITTING 
IN MY CHAIR, I WAS ALL SQUEEZED 
IN.  I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT 
WAS HAPPENING.  I WAS ALL 
CROWDED ON MY CHAIR.  I WAS 
SQUEEZED IN.
AND THEN I REALIZED SOJOURNER 
TRUTH, 
LUCRETIA MOTT, ELIZABETH CADY 
STANTON, 
YOU NAME IT, AGNES PAUL, THEY 
WERE ALL RIGHT THERE ON THE 
CHAIR WITH ME.
AND THEN THEY SAID -- I COULD 
HEAR THEM SAY, AT LAST WE HAVE A
SEAT AT THE TABLE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND THEN THEY WERE GONE.
IMAGINE ALL THE TIME SINCE THEY 
STARTED, AND THEN FINALLY THE 
VOTE CAME AND THEN ALL THOSE 
MANY YEARS LATER TO HAVE A SEAT 
AT THE TABLE.  AND AS SOON AS 
THEY SAID THAT, MY FIRST THOUGHT
IS WE WANT MORE.  WE WANT MORE. 
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.  WE WANT 
MORE.
BUT THIS IS JUST A WONDERFUL 
TIME IN 
OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY WHEN 
WHETHER IT'S 
AT THE ARCHIVES OF THE 
SMITHSONIAN AND NOW THE LIBRARY 
OF CONGRESS.I'LL TELL YOU 
BARBARA'S STORY.WE'RE AT THE 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND 
THEY'RE HAVING THE OPENING OF 
THEIR DISPLAY, EXHIBIT, AND 
BARBARA, WE WERE TOLD TO WEAR 
WHITE.
BARBARA DIDN'T WEAR A WHITE 
JACKET, 
BUT SHE SAID THAT NIGHT, SHE 
SAID, THE LAST TIME I WORE A 
WHITE JACKET I FAILED CHEMISTRY.
SHE DID SAY THAT.  I DON'T 
BELIEVE SHE FAILED CHEMISTRY.  
WE WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M NOT SURE SHE EVER FAILED 
ANYTHING.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, WE STAND ON 
THE SHOULDERS OF THESE REALLY 
REMARKABLE 
PEOPLE WHO DID SOMETHING SO 
HISTORIC REALLY, AND IT WAS -- 
YOU KNOW, OUR 
FOUNDERS, THEY WERE 
ENTREPRENEURIAL AND BRAVE AND 
COURAGEOUS AND THE REST, BUT 
PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES WEREN'T 
SAYING DON'T DO THAT AND YOU 
SHOULD STAY HOME AND COOK OR 
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THESE WOMEN HAD TO OVERCOME THE 
PERSONAL AS WELL AS THE 
POLITICAL AS WELL AS THE 
OFFICIAL.
SO WE STAND ON SOME PRETTY BROAD
SHOULDERS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT 
RESPONSIBILITY.
MY WOMEN COLLEAGUES HERE, BRENDA
AND JAN, WHOM I HAVE SEEN, 
UNDERSTAND THE SHOULDERS THAT WE
STAND ON, AND THAT 
OTHERS STAND ON OUR SHOULDERS, 
AND MAY WE BE WORTHY OF THE 
TRADITION THAT WE 
ARE SO MUCH A PART OF AND 
HELPING US 
APPRECIATE THAT TRADITION 
FURTHER IS THE LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS IN SUCH A VERY SPECIAL 
WAY.  SO THANK YOU, DR.
HAYDEN, FOR ONCE AGAIN TAKING 
THE LEAD, HAVING US UNDERSTAND 
OUR HISTORY, BEING THE CUSTODIAN
OF OUR VALUES AND OUR HISTORY, 
AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO SO 
MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY TO 
APPRECIATE AND ENJOY.  AND THAT 
THEY SHALL NOT BE DENIED.
[Applause]
Speaker: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY "19" THE 
MUSICAL.
