Looked at Summer Reading we are joined by professor 19th century publishing and the rise to Summer Reading a professor of the department of English Communications in Newport Rhode island with an undergraduate degree at merrimack and phd from university of illinois as a former magazine writer and editor including print culture and womens magazines and a radical or alternative press. A special welcome to anyone joining these programs for the first time and we have been collecting and preserving our history since and including the papers presence of the United States we are continuing to collect today and if you are interested we are currently collecting with covid19 experience and found that diverse standpoint for future generations. And was social distancing before we begin we have a few quick housekeeping things to go through so just to go over the details and have a presentation to have a questionandanswer period and with the q a function so send the questions to our speaker and she w
Exhibition. Our program this evening is very seasonal. It is a book get summaries. Were joined by professor who will be speaking and republication. Shes a professor in the department of english. She was an undergraduate degree and her masters and phd from university. As a former magazine writer and editor she research interests, womens magazines. In the radical for alternative press. I would like to special welcome who will be joining this program for the first time. From the historical side, where the first Historical Society in america, and have been preserving the publishing and histories since 1791. We hold amazing collection. Including papers of the first three president s of the united states. We are continuing to collect. And if you are interested, we are personally material related to the covid19 experience. Have a special initiative designed to report peoples experiences during this unusual time, and preservatives. A sampling of the first accounts for future generations. And i
President ial campaign, and books on the decline of intellectual habits, a movement by former gang members to rebuild their families and lives and a dual biography of Andrew Jackson and cherokee leader john ross. All this and more this weekend on booktv. For a complete television schedule, visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours this weekend of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Historian Sally Mcmillen is next on booktv. She recounts the life of abolitionist and suffragist lucy stone who she contends should be celebrated amongst the likes of susan b. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady stanton for her activism. Its now my distinct honor and privilege to introduce dr. Sally mcmillen who is the Mary Reynolds babcock professor of history at Davidson College in North Carolina. She earned her ph. D. At duke university, and along the way we learned today got a degree in library science. She has been one of the most important and productive scholars of 19th century womens histo
Its now by distinct honor and privilege to introduce dr. Sally mcmillen, he babcock professor of hit in Davidson College in north carolina. She earned he ph. D at Duke University and we learned today got a degree in library science. She has been one of the most important and productive scholars of 19th century womens history. Their many books include motherhood and the old south southern women black and white and seneca falls and the origin of the womens Rights Movement. Her brand new book which we are celebrated tonight and received a wonderful review in the Los Angeles Times is entitled losey stone an unapologetic life. A path breaking activist whose life has been hidden too long. Losey stoned a last has a biography worthy of her inspired and inspiring life. Please help me welcome to Franklin Library society. Dr. Sally mcmillen. [applause] thank you so much, rich, and i just wanted to sea its an absolute delight to be here. I want to thank rich for inviting me and for the Library Com
Then i just do it all day long. I have a network of friends out there that im in touch with. Tom from the New York Times and we have changes exchanges back and forth and chuck todd and i talk a lot. He is the moderator of meet the press and our political dress it director in washington and other folks as well. We are not a very large group. The old political journalist and we like to stay in touch with each other. Why arent you on the letterman show . I dont know whats going to happen. Dave and i have been close for a long time and he is kept us very tight. I was on his first show when he went to cvs and we have been talking back and forth about a couple of things. I did send him an email today saying david, tonight tonight all the eyes of america will be on you the departure of an icon and im so proud to have been your friend. If you screw this up i will never talk to you again. [applause] tom brokaw perhaps its odd for me to be speaking to an icon of journalism breaking a journalisti