Women such as mary lincoln and kate chase daughter of salmon p chase, it carried out their own social battles through gossip, spending wars, and hosting parties. According to ms. Clinton, meri lincoln often drew criticism for attempting to keep up appearances through lavish diplomatic Interest Despite the ongoing civil war. This hourlong event was part of the lincoln forms symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Its my pleasure to introduce your second speaker this morning, dr. Catherine clinton. Dr. Clinton earned her bachelors degree at harvard and ph. D. At princeton where she studied under dr. James mcpherson. She taught at the citadel, wesleyan wesleyan, brandeis, and Queens University in belfast Northern Ireland. Since august of 2014, shes been the denman endowed professor at American History at the university of texas at san antonio. So from Northern Ireland to texas, thats quite a journey. And 2016 shell assume the presidency of the Southern Historical association. Her prestigio
Spending wars, and hosting parties. According to mrs. Clinton mary lincoln drew criticism for attempting to keep up appearances through lavish diplomatic dinners despite the ongoing civil war. This hourlong event was part of the Lincoln Forum symposium in gettys gettysburg, pennsylvania. Its my pleasure to introduce your second speaker this morning, dr. Catherine clinton. Dr. Clinton earned her bachelors degree at harvard and ph. D. At princeton where she studied under dr. James mcpherson. She taught at the citadel, wesleyan wesleyan, brandeis, and Queens University in belfast Northern Ireland. Since august of 2014, shes been the denman endowed professor at in American History at the university of texas at san antonio. So from Northern Ireland to texas, thats quite a journey. And 2016 shell assume the presidency of the Southern Historical association. Her prestigious post recognizing her standing in the field. Shes the author or editor of two dozen books, many focusing on family, gende
Man for whom i hold the most the utmost respect. Three years ago this weekend, we sat on the back porch of a little building, and we were thinking, what can we do to help people become more invested in these stories of the civil war . That is when it came into being. We have expanded from our blog to a publishing series. Of course the symposium and a number of speaking engagements as well. We are continuing our outreach to help people become invested in these important and engaging stories. Chris is a former historian. He is one of these men you could drop on any battlefield, and he can tell you how many people were there, who their kernel was, and what their shoe size was. He is a man i have learned a tremendous amount from, a man i have written all of my books with, and a man who continues to challenge me as a historian every day. I am pleased to introduce mr. Chris white. [applause] thanks, everybody. Thanks for that introduction. As a side note, the story of creating an emerging ci
The utmost respect. We sat on the back porch of a little building, and we were thinking, what can we do to help people become more invested in these stories of the civil war . It came into being. We have expanded from our blog to a publishing series. Of course the symposium and a number of speaking engagements as well. We are continuing our outreach to help people become invested in these important and engaging stories. Chris is a former historian. He is one of these men you could drop on any battlefield, and he can tell you how many people were there, who their kernel was, and what their shoe size was. He is a man i have learned a tremendous amount from, a man i have written all of my books with, and a man who continues to challenge me as a historian every day. I am pleased to introduce mr. Chris white. [applause] thanks, everybody. Thanks for that introduction. As a side note, the story of creating an emerging civil war, my wife said to me, not too bad for three idiots sitting on a b
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