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Triumph & Tragedy in History National History Day 2019 To Learn More about Triumph & Tragedy in History , go to nationalhistorydayincolorado.org and nhd.org Suffrage Movement in Colorado (1870- 1893): After the announcement that Colorado would hold a referendum vote in 1877 to decide if women would be granted the right to vote, Susan B. Anthony, along with Lucy Stone and other national suffragettes joined Colorado activists like Margaret W. Campbell to campaign to pass the referendum. It was defeated, but Colorado would triumph and grant women the right to vote in 1893, nearly three decades before women would gain the right to vote in federal elections. Colorado Silver Crash of 1893: Colorado experienced an economic boom with the establishment of the Bland- Allison Act in 1878 and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in 1890, both of which required the federal government to purchase Colorado’s plentiful silver reserves. However, in 1893, President Grover Cleveland advocated for the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, and thus Colorado was no longer protected from the Coinage Act of 1873, which established gold as the standard. Colorado experienced an economic tragedy as silver prices plummeted. John Leonard “jack” Swigert, Jr. (1931-1982) A Colorado Native, Jack Swigert was the command module pilot on the Apollo 13 moon mission. He, along with Jim Lovell and Fred Haise triumphed and returned safely to Earth after the rupture of an oxygen tank compromised their mission. Swigert was later elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative from the 6 th district. His statue is one of Colorado’s two in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Madeleine Albright (1936-) Born into a Jewish family in Czechoslovakia, Hitler’s rise forced Albright’s parents to take exile in the United Kingdom. In 1948, her family moved to Denver where her father was a professor of political science at the University of Denver. Albright later became the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and triumphed to become the first female Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton. Nikola Tesla in Colorado Springs (1899-1900) Tesla set up a laboratory in Colorado Springs in 1899 to experiment with electricity at high altitudes. He conducted large- scale studies on wireless electricity on enormous coils with free alternating current provided by the El Paso Power Company. His triumphs over electricity allowed him to make significant contributions to the design of the modern alternating current and wireless power and communication.
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Triumph & Tragedy in History National History Day 2019
To Learn More about Triumph & Tragedy in History , go to nationalhistorydayincolorado.org and nhd.org
Suffrage Movement in Colorado (1870-
1893): After the announcement that Colorado
would hold a referendum vote in 1877 to decide if
women would be granted the right to vote, Susan
B. Anthony, along with Lucy Stone and other
national suffragettes joined Colorado activists like
Margaret W. Campbell to campaign to pass the
referendum. It was defeated, but Colorado would
tr iumph and grant women the right to vote in
1893, nearly three decades before women would
gain the right to vote in federal elections.
Colorado Silver Crash of 1893: Colorado experienced an economic boom with the establishment of the Bland-Allison Act in 1878 and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in1890, both of which requiredthe federal government to purchase Colorado’s plentiful silver reserves. However, in 1893, President Grover Cleveland advocated for therepeal of the Sherman SilverPurchase Act, and thus Colorado was no longer protected from the Coinage Act of 1873, which established gold as the standard. Coloradoexperienced an economictrag edy as silver prices plummeted.
John Leonard “jack ” Swigert, Jr . (193 1-1982) A Colorado Native, Jack Swigert was the command module pilot on the Apollo 13 moon mission. He, along with Jim Lovell and Fred Haise tr iumph ed and returned safely to Earth after the rupture of an oxygen tank compromised their mission. Swigert was later elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative from the 6th district. His statue is one of Colorado’s two in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
Madele ine Albright (1936-) Born into a Jewish
family in Czechoslovakia, Hitler’s rise forced
Albright’s parents to take exile in the United
Kingdom. In 1948, her family moved to Denver
where her father was a professor of political
science at the University of Denver. Albright later
became the U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations and tr iumph ed to become the first
female Secretary of State under President Bill
Clinton.
Nikola Tesla in Colorado Springs (1899- 1900) Tesla set up a laboratory in Colorado Springs in 1899 to experiment with electricity at high altitudes. He conducted large-scale studies on wireless electricity on enormous coils with free alternating current provided by the El Paso Power Company. His tr iumph s over electricity allowed him to make significant contributions to the design of the modern alternating current and wireless power and communication.
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