Chambers testify about their concerns. From february until april of 2020. But the closure rates for minority owned businesses are significantly higher with 41 of blackowned businesses, 32 of latino acts owned businesses and 22 of asian businesses. They closed over the same time frame. Now, in april of this year the federal return bank of new york reported that minority and women owned businesses are significantly more likely to show signs of limited Financial Health and are twice as likely to be classified as at risk for distress then nonminorities Small Businesses. Further, companies are three times likely as healthy businesses to close because of [inaudible]. The pcp program established under the cares act and administered by the Small Business administration and treasury as funding lifeline for distressed businesses responding to the culminating pandemic. What recent analysis by the color of change and the u no space United States found only one in ten African American and late lati
Give us a wonderful, wonderful presentation about george h. W. Bush. Well have question and answer after weekends awards and becaus filming tonight, please, use the microphones that we will place, i think one right there and one over to the side there, and thats so your question doesnt get lost on cspan. I want to welcome all of you, and let you know how much we appreciate you all being here tonight. Especially knowing that the democratic partys done a little bit of counterprogramming. [ laughter ] of course, weve got another, another 15 monthsplus to get our fill or probably more than our fill of 2020 president ial campaigning. Here were going to take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988. A president who it seemed the longer he lived, the more loved and appreciated he became. I was struck like many others, i think, by the national outpouring of respect and affection in the days leading up to and through the funeral of George Herbert walker bush last november. The funeral
Library. Before we start jean will give us a great presentation about george w. Bush. Well have a question and answer afterwards. Because he spent is feeling tonight please use the microphones. Will place one over there, another to the side there. That way your question doesnt get lost on cspan. I want to welcome you and tell you that we appreciate you being here tonight. Especially given that the Democratic Party has done alternative programming. We have the opportunity to get our fill of the 2020 president ial campaign. Were going to take a few moments to commemorate a man who won it in 2028. A man who became more appreciated with time. I was struck like many others i think by the national outpouring of respect and affection in the days leading up to and through the funeral of George Herbert bush in last november. And the funeral of his wife recently, he was the 44th president. Gore said that he served our nation with extraordinary integrity and grace. applause the country seemed anx
In u. S. Agriculture. And the title for the lecture today on invisible woman actually comes from a 1983 book, so ancient in your mind but a book that is over 30 years old by carolyn sex. And her book was Ground Breaking in that she was one of the first to examine the contributions of women to u. S. Agriculture and it was really this book that helped launch work by sociologists and other social scientists and rural historians to look at the contribution of women that had largely been invisible up to this time. So this is a nod to that groundbreaking book. So one of the Big Questions weve been asking in this class and posing since the first day that we meet is why should we study women in agriculture. Why not just study agriculture. Why should we take a gender and think about the different roles that men and women play. I mean why . Thats what weve been asking. That is one of the Big Questions, right. And so what weve been arguing, and what ive been arguing and other scholars argue, is t
Next on lectures in history, Iowa State University professor carmen bain teaches a class on womens work on family farms during the 20th century. She argues societal expectations for what roles were appropriate for men and women did not reflect the realities of shared farm labor. We are going to do is take a historical view of womens role in u. S. Agriculture. The title for the lecture today on invisible woman comes from a 1983 book, so ancient in your mind, but a book that is over 30 years old by caroline sacks. Carolyn sachsbook was groundbreaking. She was one of the first to examine the contributions of women to u. S. Agriculture, and it was this book that helped launch sociologists and other social scientists and rural historians and so forth, to look at the contributions of women who had largely been invisible up to this time. This is a nod to that groundbreaking book. Why study women in in agriculture . What i have been arguing and what other scholars are arguing is that why we wa