Curtains. It didnt matter. Four days later we heard shouting. Everybody. People were screaming. The french army had arrived. I kissed my husband. We began to realize how unhappy we have been ppfor years. How lucky we were to be alive on this evening in august. Professor university of wisconsin madison Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the, Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the university of wisconsin madison. Joining us this morning on American History tv, washington journal on our focus on dday to talk about her book dday through french eyes. Professor roberts, we just heard video from the liberation of paris later that summer. Take us back to before the invasion. What was normandy like on june 5 . What were the citizens like . The french had been under German Occupation since 1940. In normandy, the food situation was better than the rest of france. It was the dairyland of france. I tell my students, the wisconsin of france. There was more abundant food. At the
Historical narrative about president lincolns wife mary. She considers how mary would have been remembered if she had died instead of her husband. Also talking about why the critics have labeled her crazy. Southern Methodist University center for president ial University Posted this event. It is not only an honor and a privilege to introduce tonight speaker, it is to me, a personal delight because she and i were classmates in princeton many years ago. Catherine clinton is the professor of American History at the university of texas at san antonio. She is also one of this countrys most distinguished historians of american women, the south, and the civil war. She is a proud daughter of kansas city, missouri, and she studied as an undergraduate at harvard. Shooin for a phd at princeton, completing her dissertation on the direction of james mcpherson. Her dissertation will be published in 1982 as the book the plantation mistress. It was her first work to be characterized justly as pioneeri
Have labeled her is crazy. This is an hour and 10 minutes. Honor andt only an privilege to introduce tonights speaker, it is for me a personal delight because she and i were classmates in princetons graduate History Program many years ago. Is the endowedon professor in American History at the university of texas at san antonio, and shes also one of the countrys most distinguished historians of american women, the south, and the civil war. Shes a proud daughter of kansas city, missouri, and she studied as an undergraduate, harvard, studied American History, and went for her phd at princeton, completing her dissertation on james mcpherson. Her dissertation would be published in 1982 as the book the plantation mistress, womens world in the old south her first work to be characterized justly as pioneering. The book forces us to rethink ite of our basic assumptions permanently alters our understanding of the old south and womens place in by my count, some 17 additional books, and several of
World. And that is a legacy that she leaves. Overseas tour staff recently traveled to worcester, massachusetts, to learn about it rich history. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Coming up next, author Catherine Clinton details president lincolns wife mary. She considers how mary would have been remembered if she had died instead of her husband. Also talking about why the critics have labeled her crazy. Southern Methodist University center for president ial University Posted this event. It is not only an honor and a privilege to introduce tonight speaker, it is to me, a personal delight because she and i were classmates in princeton many years ago. Catherine clinton is the professor of American History at the university of texas at san antonio. She is also one of this countrys most distinguished historians of american women, the south, and the civil war. She is a proud daughter of kansas city, missouri, and she studied as an undergraduate at harv
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