Blue and Herbert Hoover came to the white house is trained geologists, an experience world travelers who were successful in both the private and public sectors. But just months into hoovers term, the market crashed. First Lady Lou Hoover used her office to advocate volunteer is a man charity, but as the Great Depression deep into, theyre one term and it amidst great public frustration. Good evening, and welcome to first ladies influence an image. Tonight the story of Lou Henri Hoover the. Hoover administration in 1929 to 1933 and what an interesting life she had. Here to tell us about her years before the white house as we get started tonight is annette dunn lap. Historian author first ladies biographer scholar with the Hoover Institution and working on a biography of Lou Henri Hoover. What is to just interested you to dispensable years of your life looking into this one. I got interested in her with talking with a friend of mine through the library up in canton ohio and when i started
Talk about Voter Suppression than ahead of the upcoming 2020 election. In this moment, following ongoing, unconscionable tragedies of Racial Injustice in our country i have more hope than ever that our declaration that black livesmeter and our protests in support of freedom for all, will be unrelenting, in bring bought equitable and long overdue change. We feel incredibly fortunate that tonightseest guest is on of the nations for most experts or voting righted. Leader abrams. In the race for for hoe colorado in 2018 she won more votes than any other democrat in the states history. Stacy abrams mad history at the first black woman to deliver a response to state of the union in 2019 and there is no doubt that her historymaking endeavored are far from over. In her new book our time is now. Power, purpose and the fight for anywhere america oshe dow draws on Extensive Research to offer con career acrosses to empower citizen. The former u. S. Secretary secretary of state madeline all bright
Thank you for the great introduction. Welcome, everyone to this great book fair now in its 30th year. [applause] doris goodwin, its so wonderful to have you here. Welcome to miami. This is our premier cultural event. Great to have you her. If books about president. It was started by Theodore Roosevelt, known as teddy. How did he start the progressive era . What propelled him to act . What were his successes that are still with us today . We did call him teddy even though he didnt like the name teddy. I think he lost that to history. [laughter] the aspects of the Industrial Age has not been dealt with since the civil war. There was no real workmen compensation. Huge monopolies eating up small businesses. The gap between the rich and the poor had grown wider. Sounds familiar to the situation today. Even though he was a conservative when he started in a certain sense and a republican when he started, he realized the Publican Party would not be able to continue as a major force and majorit
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