The conservative movement on the other, so this is a natural kind of looking at that area. Natural kind of outgrowth of her previous work looking at that area. Heather has watched maybe not watched every single one of 33 years of firing line episodes but pretty close. She is probably the reigning expert now on all things related to firing line. Please help me welcome Heather Hendershot to the podium. [applause] she is probably the reigning sother hendershot thanks much. It is really great to be here, particularly here at the Hoover Institution because hoover was so important to the research i did on the book. I was out at stanford where all the papers are, and the preserved all the episodes in the papers and transcripts, i really could not have done it without the Hoover Institution, so it is great to be here. The first thing that people ask me about this book is why did you write it . The short, quick answer in part is this guy. Book been working on the since 2011, and about a year an
She went after the leadership very publicly. Well, very shortly, they came around and put her on to the Committee Assignments that she wanted. One of the artifacts that we have that im particularly fond of is this one. Its a letter from j. Ed guard hoover to congresswoman khan and the important part of this isnt actually what hes writing. Whats important is dear mother khan. And its an odd phrasing for j. Ed card hoover. But she was known very much as the mother of the fbi. So that was often how he referred to her. So this is a fascinating piece of lobbying and playing up that affiliation and that close tie that they had. By the time we get to the late 1930s, early 1940s, were beginning to see a Different Group from that Pioneer Group of women coming to congress. World war ii reshapes the rolled of women in society generally, women hold a lot of jobs that men previously held as men go off to fight in the service. And women who come into congress during that era begin to advocate more o
It was announced at that this lady was going to take over running the Trump Campaign i was somebody who had been a little little was it completely and i had complete confidence at that point. Kellyanne conway as counselor to the president of the United States of america. [applause] she is the first woman ever to successfully run a president ial campaign. [applause] she is the coauthor of what women really want. We conservative women know what women really want. She has appeared on thousands of television programs. This year she was Clare Boothe Luce policy institutes woman of the year. She has been president and ceo of her own company, the Polling Company and on top of that she is an amazing mother of four children. Now the toronto sun culture they hero of feminism ignored. I wonder why. Jonah goldberg said of kellyanne , because of the unprecedented and frank way sexist attacks that she has been sustaining that Kellyanne Conway is good at her job and the media hates her for her. But w
Watching us on cspan. Kate obenchain has a long history with Young Americas Foundation. She is the alumnus of our programs, has been a popular speaker for more than 25 years and has served as both Vice President and director of the foundation. She is also a frequent fox news guest and author. In addition, kate has been the chief of staff for senator george allen and was the first woman chair of the virginia gop. However, among her many accomplishments, i would guess kate is most proud to be the mother of six children. Please join me in welcoming kate ob obenchain. [ applause ] okay, i am beside myself. I am so excited about this i usually have to stand up here and talk and yall get sleepy looking. Thats another going to happen today because i have the pleasure of introducing to you someone who is a good friend of mine, but i have admired her for decades. And when it was announced that this lady was going to take over running the trump campaign, i, somebody who had been a little, mm, no
It was announced at that this lady was going to take over running the Trump Campaign i was somebody who had been a little little was it completely and i had complete confidence at that point. Kellyanne conway as counselor to the president of the United States of america. [applause] she is the first woman ever to successfully run a president ial campaign. [applause] she is the coauthor of what women really want. We conservative women know what women really want. She has appeared on thousands of television programs. This year she was Clare Boothe Luce policy institutes woman of the year. She has been president and ceo of her own company, the Polling Company and on top of that she is an amazing mother of four children. Now the toronto sun culture they hero of feminism ignored. I wonder why. Jonah goldberg said of kellyanne , because of the unprecedented and frank way sexist attacks that she has been sustaining that Kellyanne Conway is good at her job and the media hates her for her. But w