strength in the few full relation between the world of learning and the world of public affairs. one of the principal ways to fulfill that mission is through the history and public policy program. which drives to reach public resource record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world. based upon those records, to facilitate scholarship, education, and debate. we also mobilize scholarship and research to inform public policy in other ways. from podcasts like international history declassified, to blogs like my own, stubborn things. today s program is very much in line with that purpose. our guest today, andy card she has served as the national chant for democracy interim chief of the george barbara bush foundation president of franklin pierce university acting dean of the bush school of government of public service at texas a&m university and senior roles under three u.s. president under george w. bush, secretary of transportation under g
and public policy program, which strives to reach public resource record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world and based upon those records, to facilitate scholarship, education, and debate. we also mobilize scholarship and research to inform public policy in other ways from podcasts like international history declassified, to blogs like my own, stubborn things. and today s program is very much in line with that purpose. our guests today, andy car. andy has served as the national chant for democracy interim chief of the george barbara bush foundation president of franklin pierce university acting dean of the bush school of government of public service at texas a&m university and senior government roles under three u.s. president under george w. bush, secretary of transportation under george h. w. bush. and we have andrew natsios. andrew is executive professor at the bush school at texas a&m university and director of the institute o
parenthood. up next on history bookshelf, historian jean bigger talks about and reads from her rv of margaret sanger, who lived from 1879 to 1966. she sent an interview by christina page and responds to audience questions at this event from 2011, quoted at the tenement museum in new york city. good evening everybody, thank you for your patience. in case you didn t know, we moved into the space last week so we re playing with some technical difficulties, so we re glad you are all here and i hope you all found the drink and again, i appreciate your patience. and of course, whole come to the lower east side tenement museum. my name is amanda leiden and as curator as tenement talks, our event-ing event series, i m delighted to see all of you here to see jean baker, author of margaret sanger, a life of passion. and she s going to be in conversation this evening with christina page. while we often think of margaret sanger s beginnings in birth control clinic, at 46 and boy stre
Welcome to the december meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Group was formed in ,he 1930s to honor the memory legacy, principles of Abraham Lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have had programs like this with outside speakers, and our own members, and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the Lincoln Group of d. C. Who have authored books related to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. , so keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. Briefly. Troduce them all three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. Is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. And it is for the general reader. Show,thor, david, will has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by elizabeth ex
Memories, the legacy, the principles of Abraham Lincoln for over 80 years weve had programs like this with outside speakers and our own members. And today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the Lincoln Group of d. C. Who have authored books related to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. So keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. I will introduce them briefly. All three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. The first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. And it is for the general reader. As the author, david kent, will show, has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by Elizabeth Smith brownstein, an experienced washington journalists, talks about what is today called