Weve been pondering what Democratic Practice could and should look like in the United States, and then very much so and very pertinent to what were going to do today, what role the United States should play internationally. What role should the United States play in a world that was fast changing in the 1960s . So weve gotten to the point in this class where weve reached a point where president johnson has decided by early 1965 to begin a forthright military intervention by the United States in vietnam. And the reasons have been fairly compellingly laid out by johnson between 1964 and 1965. With the gulf of tonkin resolution in 1964, the president made his case that there was aggression coming from North Vietnam pointed at the south, and pointed at the United States as well in the attack on u. S. Ships in International Waters on that gulf of tonkin. And remember it is really important to understand when this resolution was brought before congress, every Single Member of the house of re
Senate in 1919 and ratified in 1920. Here we are 100 years later. The 116th congress has the highest the percentage of women making up roughly a quarter of each chamber. And we have a female speaker for the second time. And we have four women so far running for president. Todays panel will look at women, the role of women and the key turning points for women in american politics. I want to introduce our panelists and then well come back through and have each of them talk about the books or the period of time they are writing about for about five minutes. And then well open up the conversation to all of you. So when we get to that point for questions, id like each of you to go to the microphone, line up behind the microphone to ask your questions. So let me introduce you to david perry, working at the university of minnesota. Hes a descendant of elizabeth. She was a historian and wrote a boom about book about feminism politics. David helped publish his mothers final book after the vote.
Mr. Chairman. My fellow americans. My fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [cheers and applause] this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and gratification, yet one cannot help but reflect the deep sadness we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted, regrettably and tragically, in the streets of this great city and for the personal injuries which have occurred. [applause] that is neubert humphrey accepting the democratic nomination for president at chicagos Conrad Hilton hotel, or democrats have gathered for their convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey, longtime senator and unsuccessful candidate for president , is the focus of this weeks contenders program. We are live from minnesotas history center. The documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life just finished the documentary last year. We are standing in the center of an exhibit about 1968. To start our discussion
[shouting] mr. Chairman, my fellow americans my fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [applause] this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. One cannot help but reflect the sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. That is Hubert Humphrey accepting the 1968 democratic nomination for president. The democrats had gathered for the convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey is the focus of this weeks program. We are live from Minnesota History center. Mick caouette is the documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life. We are standing in the middle of an exhibit about the tumultuous year of 1968. I want you to set the stage for people. This country was in an uproar about the vietnam war. Set the stage. The vietnam war had been going on for 15 years. It was obvious
St. John stretch reverent rob fischer. Law welcome good evening my name is rob fischer i am the director of st. Johns church, and i am thrilled that our friends at the White House Historical association asked us to provide space for tonights conversation. Stewart asked if i would share a little bit of a history of this historic room that you are sitting in tonight, and so i will share with you this church was completed in 1816. The architect was Benjamin Henri vitro, and not only did he designs church, he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed by the british in the war of 18. 12 in 1818, he built what is now the home of the historical association. And if you go inside the dictator house, and you look up, you see a similar entrance. Its almost like a miniature of this dome of we have in our church space. The Original Church was built as a greek cross, so it wasnt even four sides. In just six years later, in 1822, they expanded the Church Building to make room f