Am . [laughter] this Tara Westover and if i have to give you an introduction about Tara Westover you need to get out of the hole that youve been living in for a while. Because her book has just celebrated i think the 100th week, consecutive week on the New York Times best seller list. I think number one. [applause] thank you. Ahead of Michelle Malcolm or down there. Thanks. But thats very cool. And im assuming that a lot of people are familiar with the narrative that and thats why youre so interested and youre still here on the last lecture on the second day, but i thought we would still go through some of her story because its so gripping. It starts in idaho and actually, to me its like such a beautiful setting. There must be a lot of beautiful memories that you have with that. Yeah, i mean, it was a really Beautiful Mountain that i grew up on and i still have really fond memories of being on that mountain and playing on that mountain. I think its an incredible its, you know, the kids
Hello there. Guess who i am. [laughing] so i am khoi le. This is Tara Westover, and if i have to give you an introduction about Tara Westover, you need to just get out of hope youve been living in for a while. Because the book has to celebrate i think the 100th week, consecutive week on the New York Times best seller list, its at number one. [applause] ahead of michelle malcolm, down there so thats pretty cool. And im assuming a lot of people are familiar with the narrative that, the 40 so interested and youre still here on the last lecture on the second day, but i thought we would still go through some of her story because its so gripping. It starts in idaho and actually to me its like such a beautiful setting. There must be a lot of beautiful memories you must have that. Yeah, i mean, it was Beautiful Mountain that i grew up on. I still have really fond memories of being on that mountain and i love playing on that mound. I think its an incredible, you know, for the kids to get to put
To gaveluse is about in so we are going to leave the hearing. You can continue watching on cspan3 or on our website cspan. Org. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. November 19, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable mark takano to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from oregon, ms. Bonam
History as a frontier town, and outfitter for travelers setting out on the santa fe trail. It was november 12, 1927 when the pioneer mother sculpture was dedicated in Penn Valley Park. It not only celebrates kansas citys pioneer history, but also as a tribute to those who suffered great hardship and loss while traveling across the plains and search of a better life. In her new book, pioneer mother monuments constructing cultural identity, historian Cynthia Prescott walks through more than a century of recognition and rediscovering a Pioneer Monuments erected across the nation, including those in the kansas city region. We are honored to have her here today to discuss her research. Dr. Prescott is an associate professor of history at the university of north dakota. Her research focuses on gender and the american west. Specifically intersections of gender, social class, and historical memory. Her work in these areas has been published in the journals in the journal of the west, historica
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