Announcer president ial candidates have been speaking at the iowa state fair for the last couple of days. Here is kristen gillibrands remarks. It is about 30 minutes. Senator gillibrand hello, everybody. I want to introduce the director of fun, henry gillibrand. This is the driver of the rv, jonathan gillibrand. Hi, everyone. Senator gillibrand they have made the trip amazing. We have loved it. Henry loves your state fair, so thank you. Henry won that, no joke, it was a little frisbee thing. I dont know. Anyway, it is such a pleasure to be here. I cant tell you how exciting it is. I got my start in politics in a community not unlike this. My grandmother, she was a woman who loves politics. She started working at age 18 as a secretary in our state legislature. 75 years ago, she looked around, all the legislators were men, all the support staff were women. So she wanted to have a voice. She did not know how, she knew her voice was important, but she figured out the voice of all the women
Jonathan gillibrand. Hi, everyone. Senator gillibrand henry loves your state fair, so thank you. Henry won that, no joke, it was a little frisbee thing, anyway, it is such a pleasure to be here. I cant tell you how exciting it is. I got my start in politics in a community not unlike this. My grandmother was a woman who my grandmother was a woman who loved politics, started working at age 18 as a secretary in our state legislature. 75 years ago, she looked around, all the legislators were men, all the staff were women, so she wanted to have a voice. She did not know how, she knew her voice was important, but she figured the voice of all the women was even more important. So she learned to work on campaigns she learned to organize, she taught women had to go door to door, how to stuff envelopes, how to make phone calls, and my first memory on a campaign was when i was henrys age, it was a hot august day, the women were wearing dresses not unlike mine, sleeveless, cotton dresses to keep c
Henry won that, no joke, it was a little frisbee thing, anyway, it is such a pleasure to be here. I cant tell you how exciting it is. I got my start in politics in a community not unlike this. My grandmother was a woman who my grandmother was a woman who loved politics, started working at age 18 as a secretary in our state legislature. 75 years ago, she looked around, all the legislators were men, all the staff were women, so she wanted to have a voice. She did not know how, she knew her voice was important, but she figured the voice of all the women was even more important. So she learned to work on campaigns she learned to organize, she taught women had to go door to door, how to stuff envelopes, how to make phone calls, and my first memory on a campaign was when i was henrys age, it was a hot august day, the women were wearing dresses not unlike mine, sleeveless, cotton dresses to keep cool, and there were stuffing envelopes. And i am thinking, i am mesmerized by their arms, their j
Eastern here on cspan. And a new poll Shows Hillary clinton continues to gain on this question who cares more about the needs and problems of women . That is our focus this morning. Women callers only. Tell us what issues are driving you this election year. Here are the phone numbers. You can also weigh in by social media. Our twitter handle or you can post a comment to facebook. Caught ours poll attention saying that Hillary Clinton is gaining support among eight key set of voter. Voters. HIllary Clinton enjoys strong support from women. She now leads Hillary Clinton she now leads donald trump by 18 points. Voters are more likely to say that clinton, 72 , rather than donald trump, 41 , heres at least some about the needs of women. They also say that women voters are far more likely to say that clinton, 76 , heres at least some about women then it say that about donald trump, 48 . 40 of the voters say that donald trump does not care at all about the issues of women. Democraticority of
See here online at booktv. Org. Be change im delighted to introduce tonights arthur. Nancy malkiel is Professor Emeritus of history at Princeton University where she was the longestserving dean and the first woman dean, scholar of 20th american history, her previous books include whitney and young junior and the struggle for civil rights and farewell to the party of lincoln, black politics in the age of fdr. Her new book, keep the damned women out, recounts resistance to, the motivation for and implementation of Ivy League College like princeton and harvard as well as oxford and cambridge in england. This momentous change occurred at these elite institutions in 5 short years from 1969 to 1974. It didnt hit home to me how recently coeducation occurred until i was visiting colleges with my father 15 years ago, there are girls there. The comprehensive Archival Research details, in conservative institutions was driven mostly by men, University Leaders who were interested in preserving and