In 1912. In 1921, she founded the Birth Control league, a predecessor to planned parenthood. Next, jean baker reads from her biography. She then is interviewed by an author, christina page, and responds to audience questions at this event from 2011, recorded at the tournament museum in new york city. New yorknt museum in city. [chatter] amanda good evening, everybody. Thank you for your patience. In case you didnt know, we moved into this space last week, so we are playing with some technical difficulties. We are glad youre all here and i hope you all found a drink, and again, i appreciate your patience. Of course, welcome to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. My name is amanda lydon. As curator, i am delighted to see you all here to see jean baker, author of Margaret Sanger a life of passion. She will be in conversation this evening with cristina page. While we often think of Margaret Sangers beginnings in brooklyn with the opening of that Family Planning and Birth Control clinic in
Jim and Tammy Fay Baker and muhammed ali. Thank you for attending our session on this beautiful friday afternoon. Ill have to compete with the outdoors and hopefully well convince you youve made the right choice hanging out with us to talk about media and biography in political history. Between the four of us, we have written at least 17 biographies and it might be more than that. I was losing count because Randy Roberts has written so many. More than half of our total number, i think. So we have a lot of experience in this genre that weve been drawn to and have an affinity for it in some way or another. So before we begin let me introduce the panelists and as i introduce each of you if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about the genre . And first we have larry masslon from the tish school of arts and as particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy and written biographies. Richard rogers
Introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre . First we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york universitys tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. He has written biographies of xoeter Richard Rogers and p playwright. His most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. Ive got to be me. So, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. Well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So obviously in entertainment youre dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. And then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of wha
Number, i think. So we have a lot of experience in this genre that weve been drawn to and have an affinity for it in some way or another. So before we begin let me introduce the panelists and as i introduce each of you if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to buyography. And first we have larry masslon from the tish school of arts and as particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy and written biographies. Richard rogers and playwright george f. Coughlin in adisto other books. And the documentary film sammy davis jr. , i gotta be me. So what has drawn you to buyography. Hi. I may be different from the left of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So, obviously, in entertainment, youre dealing with the public persona of performers, when they sang, danced and acted and, of course, what happens offstage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of what a performer did publicly as to wh
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