and steve roberts. when you look at the front page of the washington paper on inauguration day and presiden e president-elect wilson has to share the front page, they had to push against so much to get that. >> they had no allies in the media. "the washington post" was fairly sympathetic. "new york times" was anti-suffrage all the way through, and their coverage is brutal. one of the things the women did that was so smart, the day of the 1913 parade, all these women had come to participate. they got them each to write a first-person account of their mistreatment at the hands of the mock. and send it to their hometown paper. the springfield illinois paper would say mrs. george thurman was manhandled at the crowd and it became a local story. that's not the story they thought they would be publicizing, and to get maybe unsympathetic reporters to cover it there's a lot of big news. that's what the pickets were all about. the war comes along. you have a president who had a showing of "birth of the nation" in

please, thanked rebecca roberts. >> [ applause ] >> thank you very much rebecca roberts, and for all of you joining us tonight. for our viewers on c-span, if you want to know more about the subject or other matters relating to white house history, our website www.whitehousehistory.org is an excellent resource. as we close, i would like everyone to please exit through the courtyard. there are three doors. we have a medical situation here. we will exit through decatur house and onto lafayette park. thank you so much and have a good evening. >> [ applause ] >>> we are featuring american tv history programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on cspan 3. lectures and history, american artifacts, real america, the civil war, oral histories, the presidency, and special event coverage on our nation's history. enjoy american history tv now and every weekend on c-span 3. >>> thursday night on american history tv, the 50th anniversary of the woodstock music festival. washington journal looks back at the 1969 woodstock music and art fair. a three-day rock concert that attracted nearl

we have rebecca roberts here tonight as our speaker. rebecca has vein, i understand, many things in her career -- rebecca has been many things in her career. she has been a journalist, producer, tour guide, forensic planner,ogist, event political consultant. she has been a jazz singer, a radio talk show host, and currently, she is curator of programming for planet word, i museum set to open in 2020. the mom to two twin boys, a wife, and a great keeper of the family in line, and on top of all of that, she is an author. she has written a wonderful book on the subject we are here to learn about tonight and this part of american history and white house history. with that, i will have rebecca come up and then we will remove the podium, and rebecca and ann can have a conversation at the end. at the end, you will be able to pose your questions, as well. [applause] ms. roberts: thank you for having me. thank you, stuart. just to set the record straight, i have three sons, not to brag. the twins have a little brother. the suffragist movement dat

we have rebecca boggs roberts here as our speaker. and rebecca has been, i understand, many things in her life and her career and not limited to just these. she's been a journalist, a producer, she's been a tour guide. she's been a forensic anthropologist. she's been an event planner. she's been a political consultant. she's been a jazz singer. she's been a radio talk show host. and currently, she is curator of programming for planet word, a museum set to open in 2020. she's also found time to be the mom to two twin boys and wife and a great keeper of the family in line and on top of that, all of that, she's an author. she has written a wonderful book on the subject we are here to learn about tonight. and this part of american history and white house history. so with that, i'll have rebecca come up and then we'll remove the podium and rebecca and ann can have a conversation at the end. you're being invited to pose your questions as w well. >> thank you all so much for having me. thank you, stewart. just to set the record straight, i a

roberts, ann compton and for all of you for joining us here tonight. for our viewers on c-span who have been watching us, if you want to know more about this subject or other matters relating to white house history, our website, whitehousehistory.org is an excellent resource. as we close, i would like to ask everyone to exit through the courtyard. there are three doors. we have a little medical situation here and we'll exit directly through decatur house and auto on to lafayette park. thank you so much and have a good evening.

. >>> next on american history tv author rebecca roberts on the decade leading up to the 19th amend and how women gained the right to vote. white house historical association. it's my privilege to welcome you back to the historic decater house. tonight is one of the annual national heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u.s. capitol historical society and the u.s. supreme court historical society. we have our wonderful colleagues from both here tonight and jane campbell is the new president of the capitol historical society. on june 4, 1919, the 19th amend was passed and sent to the states for ratification. the suffragists used the white house to bring attention to their cause. tonight we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure women's right to vote. before i introduce our speaker, i have a couple other introductions and things to share. first of all we have guests from smith college here tonight, the washington club of smith college. stand up. stand up for the smith college. [ applause ] they're our special guests tonight. we're honored to ha