advisor committee of the abraham lincoln presidential bicentennial commission. she has written and edited nearly 30 books, from children s fiction about phillis whatley to the columbia guide to american women in the 19th century. her groundbreaking book, the plantation mistress: woman s world in the old south, appeared in 1982 and was a selection of the history book club. she has also written a biography of harriet tubman, which was named one of the best nonfiction books by the christian science monitor and the chicago tribune, and a book about mrs. abraham lincoln. she currently is in 2016, she published her fleming lectures, stepdaughters of history: southern women and the civil war, and she has been awarded a guggenheim fellowship in u.s. history, also in 2016. let s give dr. catherine clinton a big round of applause. [applause] dr. catherine clinton: i do want to thank des and give him a big round of applause for having this groundbreaking civil war symposium
university of texas in san antonio. is professor a minute to ameritech teens university in belfast. she has served on the society of the abraham lincoln bicentennial commission. she has a written and edited nearly 30 books from children s guide too the columbia american woman of the 19th century. her groundbreaking book, the plantation mistress , woman s worlds in the old south, appeared in 1982. she has written a rather fee of harriet tubman, which was named one of the best nonfiction books by the christian science monitor and the chicago tribune. in 2016, she published her fleming lectures, stepdaughters of history, seven woman and the civil war. she has been rewarded a guggenheim fellowship in 2016. let s give dr. catherine clinton a big round of applause. [applause] dr. catherine clinton: i want to you for having this groundbreaking civil war symposium which i am grateful to be a part of. so many of my friends are here and i get to make new friends, as well. it is a gr
your relationship to calvin coolidge? my relationship to calvin coolidge i am his great- granddaughter, my mother was one of two girls who were there grandchildren of the coolidge is . where do you live? i live in new hampshire . how far away is that from plymouth question mark old a little over an hour. it s a little over an hour . we are talking at the white house association, how associated are you with descendents, how much work you do in that area? i ve been going to missouri for a few years to meet with some of the other presidential designers. we gather there for festivals, there s usually a panel of presidential descendents and it s a lot of fun. we talk about how many are descended from our presidents and what it s like to be a descendent and how we carry on the legacy. that s about all i ve done so far . what s it like to be a presidential descendent . it s like having a double identity. i m a stay-at-home mom , i do a lot of volunteer work, my e
college belfast. she s a recent recipient of a guggenheim fellowship and is president are just finishing as president of the southern history society association. she has edited or co-edited or co-authored 25 books, her work has been women in history particularly southern woman in the pre-civil war era as well as during the civil war. her best-known book is mrs. lincoln, a life which solidified her position as the principal defender of mary lincoln and of which a title she is proud i m sure. she was an advisor to the film lincoln as was harold, she recently found most interesting, a project he was involved with is working with the u.s. treasurer and secretary of the treasury to have a woman on the currency. [ applause ] and, any day now, catherine tells me that harry tubman will be seen on our money. [ applause ] her subject today is fascinating, the lincoln family after lincoln. so, it s most interesting stuff and we look forward to it, catherine? laptop thank you. i
now as they turn on their cameras and unmute. and the way i wanted to start this off is actually to have each of our panelists introduce themselves to you, rather than have me read along introduction for each person. and i want to have them talk about how they became interested in the american civil war, where they teach, what sort of classes they teach and how they think about teaching a lincoln and the civil war. we have jack davies coming in here and will have jackal first and then will have kerry go second and then tamika and then craig and then i will bring up the rear. so let s see, jack, if you can unmute yourself and turn on your camera. go right ahead. i was born in independence, missouri which is pretty much on the fringes of the civilization, prior to the civil war and of course it s the center of what was a very different sort of war. as a result of which, my grandparents, it was still a fairly lively topic of my conversation. my grandmother s grandfather and