So let me remind you of how the festival works. We are going to happen author speak now for 30 minutes, followed by a ten minute q a, and then i walk the author out to the front of the Visitors Center to sign books, and you can purchase her book and a new deal bookstore and then meet the author and discuss the book even more. So our next author today is sandra bolzenius. She is a teacher and a story. For two decades she lived abroad first as a soldier in the United States army serving in germany and later as a teacher in International Schools in europe, africa and asia. She earned her doctorate in history at Ohio State University where our focus on gender, africanamerican history, gender and African American history link to the publication of a book glory in their spirit how four black women took on the army during world war ii. She is active in the National Grassroots movement moved to amend. For occupation, travels state of the net is reflector interest in the dynamics of gender, rac
Campaign 2020. Watch our live coverage of the president ial candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind, cspans campaign 2020, youre an filtered view of politics. Welcome to the 16th annual roosevelt reading festival. My name is Kirsten Carter and im her head of the archives department. We are pleased to host such Wonderful Group of authors this year, one of our favorite events. If you enjoy this event and would like to support the library we encourage you to become a member and you can do that online anytime or by signing up at the table in the hallway today. Let me remind you how the festival works. We are going to have another speak now for 30 minutes followed by a 10 minute question and answer period and then i will walk the author out to the front of the Visitor Center to sign books and you can purchase the book in our new deal bookstore and meet the author and discuss the book even more. O today is Sandra Bolzenius teacher and historian. For two decades she lived a
Okay. Welcome again to the 16th 16th annual roosevelt reading festival. My name is Kirstin Carter and im the head of the Archives Department here at the library. We are so pleased to host such a Wonderful Group of authors this year and one of our very, very favorite events. And if you enjoy the event and would like to support the library we encourage you to become a member and you can do that online anytime or by signing up at the table in the hallway today. So, let me remind you of how the festival works. Were going to have an author speak now for 30 minutes, followed by a tenminute question and answer period, and then i will walk the author out to the front of the Visitor Center to sign books and you can visit you can purchasemer book in our new deal back store and then meet the author and discuss the book even more. So, our next author today is sandra bolzenius. She worked abroads as a soldier in the United States army serving in germany and later as a teacher at International Schoo
The study of africanamerican life and history. Sandra bolzenius, what was the Womens Army Corps . The Womens Army Corps or the wac, ill be using that acronym to describe them, and members of the Womens Army Corps, it was established in 1942. The military, the army was fighting a two front war and needed more troops, so they enlisted women for the first time in its history to make sure they were able to fill the jobs that the men were leaving so they could go to the front. And there have been many books on the mistreatment of africanamerican soldiers during world war ii, but you wrote about four enlisted female soldiers. Who were they . First of all, im very glad that you mentioned that because so often the books are on the officers and theyre on the white wacs who served, but very few on black enlisted women so i wrote about the four women that i mentioned here, part of the 6,500 contingent of black women who enlisted during the war. Pioneers of the wac and they had the same reasons th
Earlier crash on the north side. Thats cleared before the Robin Williams tunnel. It is a slow, stop, go ride for drivers headed across westbound 237. First reports of a crash excuse me, thats clearing. Speeds are just below the limit on that stretch. 680 at north main street taillights southbound making their way over towards highway 24. Not too bad. A little crowded. A little sluggish along that stretch. Thats a check of your traffic back to you. We are looking at some fog this morning on the Golden Gate Bridge. We have clouds inland as well but it should burn off and mix out into the afternoon hours. Plenty of sunshine for pretty much everyone today. Temperatures right now in the hovering near 60 for most spots. 56 San Francisco. 57 at this hour in santa rosa. Futurecast shows the clouds pulling back and dissipating later today. Sunshine for most locations by this afternoon and certainly by the time you head home for the evening commute. Temperatures do stay cool. Struggling to reach