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Tilda Wilson

For the record: We visit Colleen Shogan, the first woman appointed U.S. Archivist

The U.S. Archives contain 13.5 billion records. Above the National Archives building in Washington, D.C. (J. David Ake/AP)

Colleen Shogan loves being surrounded by documents. The affable former political science professor is standing in her sunlit office next to the original copy of the joint resolution Congress passed to approve the 19th Amendment in 1919, giving women the right to vote.

"It's emblematic of the 80 years it took to get to this point," Shogan says.

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