Race wasnt a salient issue for them. They cared about the rights of workers. It took holmes junior in some of his opinions, including a 1923 see own as more vegan dempsey, the first time the Supreme Court struck down a state criminal conviction under the due process clause. That was a huge moment in putting fair criminal tries in the liberal agenda. And linking the idea of fair criminal trials with race. Announcer this weekend on the presidency, we hear a presidencies discussing first ladies. Heres a preview. One thing we should talk about would be nancy reagan and barbara bush. 1980, and george h. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan run against each other. This of course, often happens, reconciliation. Vice president george h. W. Bush and president Ronald Reagan. Puttings constantly barbara and barbara in her place and being disrespectful to her. Theres a story where barbara shows up to the white house in a similarly colored dress to nancy, and the event will start until she goes home and chang
Ms. Mirrer good evening and welcome to the New York Historical society. Im louise mirrer, president and ceo, and i am thrilled to see you in our beautiful auditorium this evening. Tonights program, women in the white house, is part of our bernard and Irene Schwartz distinguished speaker series. I would like to thank mr. Schwartz for his support that has allowed us to bring many fine historians and writers to this stage. [applause] ms. Mirrer i would also like to thank and recognize members of the Chairmans Council in the audience and thank them for their generosity and all they do on our institutions behalf, and of course, my great and talented colleague, Vice President for Public Programs, dale gregory. [applause] ms. Mirrer tonights program is presented in collaboration with our brandnew center for womens history, and we are grateful to our partners at hogan lovells, who are the corporate sponsor for our womens history programming at New York Historical. Tonights program last about a
Ms. Mirrer good evening and welcome to the New York Historical society. Im louise mirrer, president and ceo, and i am thrilled to see you in our beautiful auditorium this evening. Tonights program, women in the white house, is part of our bernard and Irene Schwartz distinguished speaker series. I would like to thank mr. Schwartz for his support that has allowed us to bring many fine historians and writers to this stage. [applause] ms. Mirrer i would also like to thank and recognize members of the Chairmans Council in the audience and thank them for their generosity and all they do on our institutions behalf, and of course, my great and talented colleague, Vice President for Public Programs, dale gregory. [applause] ms. Mirrer tonights program is presented in collaboration with our brandnew center for womens history, and we are grateful to our partners at hogan lovells, who are the corporate sponsor for our womens history programming at New York Historical. Tonights program last about a
Ms. Mirrer i would also like to thank and recognize members of the Chairmans Council in the audience and thank them for their generosity and all they do on our institutions behalf, and of course, my great and talented colleague, Vice President for Public Programs, dale gregory. [applause] ms. Mirrer tonights program is presented in collaboration with our brandnew center for womens history, and we are grateful to our partners at hogan lovells, who are the corporate sponsor for our womens history programming at New York Historical. Tonights program last about an hour, and it will include a question and answer session. You should have a note card when you entered, but colleagues are still going up and down the aisles if you have not received one. You will have an opportunity to write a question on the note card. They will be collected later on and used for the q a session. Following the program, there will be a formal book signing, and copies of our speakers books are available in our ny
We are now standing outside in the garden and you can see the hatch where the tunnel ends. The bomb shelter is an interesting part of tudor houses history, helping to show the story of the family from the American Revolution to the cold war. It is a portion of the garage we will be opening for interpretation in the future, a project i am excited about. Weve only had a chance today to see a portion of our collection so i hope you will take a tour and experience the house. We are constantly highlighting different items from our 15,000 object collection, as well as as well as exhibits. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. American history tv is on cspan3 every weekend featuring museum tours and programs on the presidency. The civil war and more. Here is a clip from a recent program. One thing we should talk about would be nancy reagan and barbara bush. It is 1980. George h. W. Bush and Nancy Ronald Reagan run against each