"The story of women in Congress begins with Jeannette Rankin..." Sunday, on American Artifacts, a two-part program on the history of women in the U.S. House of Representatives, beginning with the election of Jeannette Rankin in 1917 & covering stories of women such as Margaret Chase Smith, Clare Boothe Luce, and Shirley Chisholm. Watch starting at 6pm ET on C-SPAN 3. | American History TV

"Congress is a human institution...throughout our nation's history those human dynamics have been...sometimes problematic...canings, shoving, fist fights, people pulling knives and guns on each other..." - Joanne Freeman discussing 19th-century violence in Congress at a U.S. Capitol Historical Society event celebrating the 116th Congress. Watch, Sunday at 7 & 10pm ET on C-SPAN 3. | American History TV

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1K views · 14 reactions | SUNDAY at 6pm & 10pm ET on C-SPAN3's American Artifacts “Jacob Riis: Revealing 'How the Other Half Lives'" - revisit a 2016 exhibit at the Library of Congress, co-sponsored by the Museum of the City of New York, and learn about the many notable photographs of poverty & poor living conditions taken by the Danish immigrant social reformer. https://www.c-span.org/video/?411878-1/jacob-riis-exhibit | American History TV | Facebook