Dramatically changed. It destroyed everything people believed about america and the american government. Once the wars over and this is an important day to talk about it, the anniversary of firing at fort sumter everybody has different ideas of what the nation is supposed to become. There were ideas about what africanamerican people should be. The northerners had ideas of what america should be. The indians and chinese out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern man who had won the war had thoughts on what america should be. But the critical question on was what it would be was who was going to have a say in it. He will go through that as well. Who was going to have a say on what that nation would be would have a dramatic effect on what that nation became. Today, i want to talk about lives in theens 19th century, and their role in what was the reconstruction and the rebuilding of the north, south, and west. The story of women is way more crucial to that
And womens lives. Their role in what was the reconstruction and rebuilding of the north, south and west. The story of women is way more crucial than what people realize. Most people start here and you probably know about this from your High School Days with the seneca falls convention. When a number of women came together in seneca falls, new york they talked about womens rights. And the idea of rights for women came from the abolitionists went there and when they spoke about human rights, those women were not allowed to speak. They were not allowed to talk so on the way home, a number of them get talking and say this is not right. If really people are supposed to be free and equals, they should have rights as well. This is a group of people who issue these sentiments. It calls for rights for women and tries to fight back. You all learn about this and everybody talks about this being the beginning of womens rights in america and it is. But essentially after 1848, nothing happens. New y
Discusses womens ratings rights activists belle, la follette. Active in the early 20th centuries. She is the author which tell the story of this journalist, suffragist and pacifist who campaigned alongside her husband and son in their own bids for office. The humanist association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event and its about an hour. Todays truly delightful speaker, professor nancy unger, asked me if i could give her only a brief introduction. Lets see if i can. Subject is and i would like to pronounce it, belle la folette, who lived a full life from 1859 to 1931. In doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered that the work of previous historians including herself, had drastically underestimated this great humanist. She discovered the surprising truths about the radical reformer who was denounced by some as disgraceful to the white race. What . Disgraceful . She fought for women, peace, civil rights. And for so much more. The New York Times hailed her as perh
Between america and the american government. So once the war is over and this is a good day to talk about this, today is the anniversary of the firing on fort sumter. Everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become. Weve really gone through a lot of that with ideas that African American men who fought for the union had ideas what america should be and certainly white southerners had ideas about what america should be. The northerners had ideas. The indians and chinese who were out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern men who had fought and won the war had ideas. About what the country should be. But the critical question as to what it was going to be was who was going to have a say in it. Weve gone through that as well. Who had a say in what that new nation was going to be was going to have a dramatic effect on what it eventually became. So today i want to talk about women and womens lives in the late 19th century and their r
They became doctors and lawyers. One became the first female manager of any department at northrop airlines. They became principals, surgeons, politicians, pilots, and they were able to do that because they had access to professional baseball. So when i asked them what did it mean to you to play in the league and they say everything, its exactly right. What did it mean for this country and the efforts of these women to help during wartime . It meant everything. Ive asked a number of these women, so, what was it like to have to play baseball in a dress . Of course their answers varied. Some i can repeat. Some i cant. Basically the message is we would have played naked, whatever it took. We got to play baseball and we truly believe we helped keep baseball alive during the war. As i said, the league ended in 1954. It lasted 11 years. The league expanded over that 11 years from four teams to 12 teams. Its possible that the expansion maybe happened too quickly. I think the fact there was ex