Petrilli, chester finn president emeritus of the institute how to educate an american was the brainchild of mike and chester and today theyre going to share with us the original inspiration behind the book and why its themes are even more important now to revitalize k12 Civic Education. Joining us today are david bob, president of the bill of Rights Institute, david has worked for 20 years to build strong Civic Education programs thatengage the hearts and mindsof young people. Previously david worked at Hillsdale College and is author of a book on the vital role ofhumility. Welcome david also joining us is Jonah Goldberg , hes the chair applied liberty at the American Enterprise institute and editorinchief of the dispatch and let me jonah has authored a chapter in how to educate an american and finally several morgan smith, director of faculty at the Ashford Center which seeks to restore and strengthen the capacities of the American People for constitutional selfgovernance. Thank you a
Connecticut, senator murphy, organizing this time to bringing members of the senate together. I want to thank my colleague from ohio, senator brown, the senior senator, or his words tonight, is passionate about this issue. And his commitment to change. That should be a commitment that is shared by everyone here, but well be talking about what has not happened your tonight as much as what has happened. When i think a about this issue, the issue of gun violence, which its an epidemic, its also uniquely american problem. No other country has this problem. In fact, america didnt have this problem for all of its history. Its, debating on where you start the y clock, its years od is not a lot longer than that. When i think about the issue and think about the debates where having sometimes we start withes the names of communities, and we unfortunately have been memorized. So many communities are known for so much, so much thats positive about their culture, about their history and about their
The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy are we in a quorum call, mr. President . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Murphy thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i thank my colleagues for their indulgence this evening, and for those of us those of you who help us keep this floor open. I will make some longer remarks later this evening, but while we have a short break in the floor waiting for senator brown to arrive, i wanted to say a word of appreciation to all of my colleagues who have decided to join us this evening on the floor. This is my first appearance here, to talk about the imperative of changing the nations gun laws, recognizing that this number, 100 americans killed by guns every single day, is not inevitable. Almost every single one of these murders and suicides and accidental shootings is preventable. If we make different choices here on the floor of the United States senate, and our purpose tonight is to try to bring some consistency of effort
Then we are going to zero in on women in the labor market after the war, and follow that through the late 20th century. Today isimportant task to dispel the notion that american women went home after world war ii. American women workers did not go home after world war ii and we are going to do our best to wipe that notion out of our minds. Primary goal. If we can accomplish that we have done a lot. Before we dive into the arguments, i want to do a Free Association exercise. This is going to involve having you close your eyes, relax for a second, and im going to speak a phrase. I want to see what images walked into your minds eye. What images pop up . Is american women in the 1950. 50s. Can women in the 19 do any images come into your mind . Would you share . June cleaver. Great. We will come back to that area . Housewives. Anybody else . A different picture. How many of you thought of suburbia . Whennk it is the most we asked that question of most americans, we ask that of most america
Americans, not just college students, what comes into our mind is suburban housewives. The person that comes into my mind is june cleaver. I have been studying womens history for decades in the first image that pops into my mind is june cleaver. She wasnt even a real woman. My gosh, she is a sitcom character in leave it to beaver. That is the name of the show. Can you describe june cleaver . What is she wearing . A dress, prim and proper. An apron. Prof. Muncy fancy dress and an apron. Sometimes a high coller, not too low. It was still the 50s. Prof. Muncy pearls. Coiffed hair. Prof. Muncy when i picture june cleaver, i always picture her, got the pearls, got the coiffed hair, in stiletto heels frying bacon and vacuuming. This is very often the image we have of american women in the 1950s. One of the things we want to do is to shove june cleaver to the margins of our images of american women in the 1950s. We dont want to get rid of her entirely because suburbanization was an important