A history of the Collar Laundry Union – the first female union in the United States – set up by Kate Mullany, Esther Keegan and others in Troy, New York in 1864.
being introduced to a line of dignitaries by the dean of the w abbey who spotted lord salisbury in the line, and he said to thet queen, oh, do you know lord salisbury? she said, oh, yes, robert and ia were out in the nightclub lastas night til half past one.ha so that s sort of the tenor of her dry humor. host: sally bedell smith is the guest of queen elizabeth the second is the topic and we will begin with a call from mike in syracuse, new york. your honor book tv on c-span. thank you. my question is basically this. given that span of queen elizabeth s reign, being one of the longest rains in england or the u.k. history, given all the prime minister s she has worked with all of the historical events she has seen in her lifetime, has that impact her as a queen from your knowledge? well, i think she has a she has a vast store of information, obviously. one of the fascinating things about the queen is, she does not have an ideological filter. she takes things then. that
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instead of the debate which is up there, destructor academic undersea, we have students debate from one perspective, and have them debate the other side. read a position paper that involve multiple points of view. such a valuable thing for young people, and from 15 minutes before they have to learn both sides of an issue and then they can t get stuck in one point of view. you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. we are talking with james robbins about his latest book this time we win. tell us about it. it is about the tet offensive in the vietnam war which was an outstanding victory for u.s. forces but was reported as a defeat and has gone down in history as a defeat. the purpose of the book is to clear that up. how do you go about that? going back to some original documents and declassified things talking to people who were involved in reviewing the case that it was a defeat and show how some of the points made about it are wrong. did you expla
about the famed attorney clarence darrow. [applause] good afternoon. thank you for coming. we are delighted to be here. clarence darrow, clarence darrow: american iconoclast is the title of andrew kersten s book. you don t see darrow although he participated in many signal cases in american legal history. .. his personal life showed many foibles which you ll find it here, but the first thing i would like to ask him really is why we should care about clarence darrow. thank you. good afternoon. i think darrow is important for us for a number of reasons. i think first perhaps he is a very interesting historical figure that was involved in a number of important legal cases and political battles, and i think just knowing about them helps us understand our heritage but in addition, the battles that darrow that if you look at his career as a labor lawyer, his career fighting for average people, those battles, the structure of the battles, the context for the battles hasn t cha