Thank you for coming out. I hope the rain will let up. This is the 100 anniversary of ratification of the 19th th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. Angela dodson has put together a table sort of almanac titles remember the ladies. A documents the long struggles for suffrage for women in this country. It recalls what Abigail Adams said to her husband at the time of the drafting of the constitution. Letters,n sources, speeches, newspaper accounts, photos, drawings, angela highlights the milestones in historic push for womens Voting Rights. Her book provides portraits of a number of the leaders of the womens Suffrage Movement. It places that movement in the social of other major and Political Developments that were unfolding. Men turnre women than out to vote, but lest anyone think the fight is over, just recall the massive turnout on the mall last january, reaffirming womens rights in effectively protesting donald trump selection. Angela has lots of experience report
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Good evening. Im Howard Walter and i have the honor of serving as director at roosevelt house and we are thrilled to have you here for what we think will be a special evening as we welcome our guest who as you know provides regular legal analysis to abc news and on the a e network constantly including this evening. And is a historian who has contributed a couple of great books but lincolns last trial if you wonder why im interested in having him. [laughter] but he has written a book that fdr called my fifth cousin by blood and set it at the very trial that dan abrams has written about in this extraordinary book of a littleknown episode in Theodore Roosevelts life and that is an extraordinary legal episode at the defense of a charge of liable argued here in new york state. Welcome. Its great to be here and always honored to be interviewed by you and always intimidating. Its better when we dont talk about lincoln. This is all new. I promise. It will be considered new to everybody else. S
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