Ourselves . I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. Betty ford spoke her mind, pro choice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer, through much oher familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Welcome to first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38th president , president gerald ford, and here for the nebs 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If you have been watching our series, you know him. Hes an academic adviser for the whole project and hes launched a whole number of libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford. Along the way, you developed a relationship with the fords. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible, but yeah, i was very fortunate to
Dolley was both socially adept and politically savvy. Madison is just not a lot of laughs, but she was his best friend and she compensated. It is aaron burr that lets her know that James Madison wishes to meet her. She carved out a space for women where they could wield a great deal of political power. Here, Dolley Madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them; got them together; got them talking. This was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. Dolley popularized the style to American Fashion and that was considered her classic look. People noticed it. The octagon was the perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. She moved back to washington, d. C. In her elder years and sort
Friend and she compensated. It is aaron burr that lets her know that James Madison wishes to meet her. She carved out a space for women where they could wield a great deal of political power. Here, Dolley Madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them; got them together; got them talking. This was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. Dolley popularized the style to American Fashion and that was considered her classic look. People noticed it. The octagon was the perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. She moved back to washington, d. C. In her elder years and sort of became a grand dame, very much behind the scenes in the political field again. As henry clay famously said, e
Gates chinese immigration during the era 1882 1943, angel island, immigrate gateway to america and the making of asian america, history. At the Immigration History Research Center she has helped emerge immigration history with the digital humanities. She launched and oversees the National Endowment for the humanity immigration story project which works with recent immigrants and refugees to. Text, preserve and share the expenses. Her book, america for americans history of xena phobia in the United States is the subject of tonights talk. Please welcome erika lee. [applause] hi seattle, him so glad to be here. Im so glad to be back here at townhall, i was last here in 2010 before it was renovated. Am really happy to be back at a very glad that we begin this evening with the land acknowledgment i would like to repeat that land acknowledgment as i will discuss later xenophobia in xena global wheels and is tightly connected, native americans along with africanamericans were made into this c
Of the center for the arts across the street. It was a power station that was converted into a beautiful contemporary building. It has been on this site for almost 12 years and it is about interpreting the contemporary jewish experience, we are constantly looking at what that means, and how do we discuss that. What are the ways in which the Jewish Community sees the arts and that world view as an example. Lovely, and daniel is a famous architect. Yes. And out of europe . Originally from europe. And what are some of the ways in which the museum functions. We are essentially a jewish Art Institution with a jewish point of view. Much of what we show is contemporary art and culture art, and pop art a little bit. This is, for instance right now we have a variety of exhibitions looking at contemporary art, pop culture and jewish history in the bay area. Contemporary Jewish Museum is interesting sequence of the words. I think one of the interesting things about this particular museum it actua