from constitutional law professor robert e cushman and , irican ideals professors have learned of our nation's enduring values, and how our themess was straying from in the red scare years of the 1950's. but also how lawyers can remind constitutiont our seals the right to think, speak, and write without fear of reprisal from government authorities. at harvard law school, professor benjamin was my first and favorite teacher, he used the socratic method in his civil procedure class to stimulate, never to wound. he was the model i tried to follow in my own law teaching until 1980.963 at columbia law school, the professor of constitutional law, who later served on stanford's faculty for many years, he was determined to place me in a federal courtship -- federal clerk or chip come -- federal court clerkship. on graduation i was the mother of a four-year-old child. after heroic effort he succeeded in his mission. in later years he litigated cases heading to the supreme court. i became an aid in dealing with legal issues. and he never failed to help me find the right path. another often aske

host: earlier this week the director of the centers for disease control, robert redfield, talked in front of congress about the scope of the public health response. here is what dr. redfield had to say. [video clip] >> we are seven months into this pandemic and it is with great humility i share with you this is the most complex public health response this nation has undertaken in more than a century. this virus is indiscriminate regarding whom and when it strikes. we continue to learn the characteristics, behavior, and effect on americans across the spectrum. we are operating in a highly dynamic environment. we are adapting evidence-based strategies and pushing for innovative solutions to confront this unprecedented crisis. while i am optimistic and look forward to discussing the promise of the covid-19 vaccine i want to strongly emphasize that we are not defenseless now. we have powerful tools and if all of us, not just some of us, but all of us embrace these tools we will get a handle on this pandemic. i am appealing to all americans to be part of the public health solution. wearing a s

robert jameson, she was shot and wounded and unfortunately mary butler, another woman here in alexandria, was shot and killed. as you can see, sometimes alcohol and soldiers do not mix. so we are going to continue on and our next stop is going to be christchurch where i will talk about sarah tracy who helped establish and keep mount britain safe. >> so here we are outside of christchurch, this is where george washington would come and worship during his time here in alexandria and mount vernon, washington's home, is less than ten miles from alexandria. and mountain vernon was preserved by women, during the civil war one women in particular, sarah tracy was the secondary. she helped preserve this home during the war. sarah tracy made sure that soldiers on either side of the war were able to come in and vision washington's home. this was important because both sides both the confederacy and unions saw washington as the founder of their country. tracy did have some stipulations for soldiers that would come into bound vernon, they had to be unarmed and they also had to be not wearing their u

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

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 well. (applause) >> thank you all so much for having me. thank you, stewart. just to set the record stra

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.

she changed her name to her wilsoname, robert hayes in order to get the publisher to publish the cowboy novels. host: now you have to write the book. we will feature it on book tv. thank you. guest: yes, i think there was a lot there. the first point is about class. there were women who were working class industrial workers, teachers who became part of a movement. there were also wealthier women who became involved in the movement. some became funders to the movement. in washington, d.c. we of course have the belmont paul house named after the founder for the national women's party. some of the women did not just write checks. they stood outside. they were protesters. in fact, this is what draws a lot of woodrow wilson's attention. when some of these women are being arrested are more prominent in society and their husbands are friends with woodrow wilson and they come into the white house and complained to wilson, saying why is my wife in jail or in prison 22 miles south of washington, d.c. in a workhouse, that starts to get wilson's attention because of the spouses coming to complain t

next on american history tv history tv, author rebecca roberts on the decade leading up to the passage of the 19th amendment and how women gained the right to vote. she is the author of "suffragits & the 19thamendment." the white house historical

her name on it, and no one would publish a woman author, so she changed her name to her son's name, robert hayes wilson in order to get the publisher to publish these cowboy novels. >> now you have the right to book, okay? will feature it on book to the. >> yes, there's a lot there. the first point the caller makes is about class, and the interesting part about the women's suffrage movement is there were women who were working class, industrial workers, teachers who became part of the movement, and then they were also, as the caller said, there were wealthier women who became very involved in movements. some of them became thunders to the movement, in washington d.c. we have the bell month paul house, next to the united states capital. and that is named after val moment, who was the major funder for the national women's party. some of them did not write the checks, they went to jail slid outside. and, in fact, this is what draws a lot of woodrow wilson's attention when some of these women are being arrested who are more prominent in society. their husband are friends with woodrow wilson an

is shot and killed in memphis and on june 6, robert f kennedy, john f. kennedy's brother, who had announced a run for president against lyndon b. johnson, killed in california while campaigning. i want to share as we get to the end a letter written by one north carolinian to his senator in the summer of 1968. 12 days after bobby kennedy was shot in california. it is written by a white man in north carolina. i am sick of crime everywhere. i am sick of riots. i am sick of poor people demonstrations. in parentheses, black, white, red, purple, green or any other. i am sick of the supreme court ruling for the good of a small part. i'm sick of lack of law enforcement. i am sick of hippies, lsd, drugs and all the promotion the news media give them. a lot of people at the end of the 1960's are wondering what happened. you recall after the midterm, richard nixon ended world war ii coming home to a comfortable house, comfortable life. children, a dog, whatever happened to this? we are going to see a backlash. the different changes in the 1960's, some more specific

linda lumsden author of the book "rampant women suffrages and right of assembly" and rebecca roberts, "suffrages in washington, d.c., the 1913 pap raid and the fight for the vote." so, panel, and tamara, i turn it over to you. [ applause ] >> naunk, everyone for being here and thank you for the panel for being here. i am going to let you carry all of the heavy weight on this. but -- you know, we know how the story ends. this story ends with the 19th amendment to the constitution being ratified and we all get to vote. so the question that i'm hoping we can cover tonight is, how we got here. and how we got to the end of that story in 1920, starting, though, in the 1900s, because it's a long story. so linda, i think that you have, at least a bit of an overview you can give us and maybe -- also you can start at the very beginning, or the early part of the century. >> okay, yeah. and i'll condense it, because it is a long story, but basically i would say--thank you so much for having me. when talking about the suffrage movement so much is about communication and targeting, and very simply,

she chairs the environment committee and appointed by chief justice roberts to the national workplace conduct working group. she travels all over the world assisting foreigni isjudiciary h their judicial code and she survived an avalanche during a mountain climbing expedition in tibet. so i'm thrilled to invite cool woman the honorable m. margaret mccuen to the stage. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you so much, everyone. please be seated. be seated. good evening and thanks to justice ginsburg for joining us tonight. i was looking at your justice ginsburg and i noticed you had a lot of name changes over the years. you were called kiki when you were little or kiki baby and then went by a more dignified name ruth. then you became professor ginsburg. then judge ginsburg and finally justice ginsburg. most people would just quit there but you have this new moniker of notorious rbg. can i just call you justice ginsburg? >> you can call me ruth. >> [ laughter ] >> okay. >> ruth. so on behalf of georgetown law school and the american bar, thanks for being here. i know these are two instituti

in 1968 robert kennedy, john f. kennedy's brother was killed in california while campaigning for president. i just want to share as we get down to ten here, i want to share a letter written by one north carolinian to his senator in the summer of 1968, 12 days after bobby kennedy was shot in california. it was written by a white man, father of five from north carolina. i quote, i'm sick of crime every where. i'm sick of riots. i'm sick of poor people demonstration. in parenthesis, black, white, red, yellow, purple, green or any other color! i'm sick of the u.s. supreme court ruling for the good of a very small part rather than the whole of our society. i'm sick of black law enforcement. i'm sick of vietnam. i'm sick of hippies, lsd, drugs and all the promotion the news media gives them. end quote. the people at the end of 1960s wondered whatever happened though. recall when we started after the mid-term, richard nixon coming home, comes to the house, comfortable life, wife, children, dog, whatever happened to this? s

. >>> 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

so she changed her name to her son's name, robert hayes wilson in order to get the publisher to publish these cowboy novels. >> okay. now you have to write the book, ron, okay? we'll feature it on book tv. >> thanks, steve. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> caller: bye-bye. >> there is a lot there. first, the first point the caller makes is about class and the interesting part about the women's suffrage movement is there were women who were working class industrial workers, teachers, who became part of the movement. then there were also as the caller said, there were wealthier women who became very involved in the movement. some of them became funders to the movement. in washington, d.c. we of course have the belmont paul house right next to the united states capitol. that is named after eva belmont, who was the major funder for the national women's party. but some of the women didn't just write checks. they also went to jail. they stood outside. they were picketers. they were protesters. in fact, this is what draws a lot of woodrow wilson's attention when some of these women are

justices will unleash a major grass roots movement on the issue of reproductive rights for justice roberts to follow the right wing's deliberate m misinterpretation of what senator schumer said and remaining silent shows justice