Communications. Shes undergraduate degree and her masters from the university of illinois. As a former magazine writer and editor, her Research Interests include 19th century culture culture. Womens magazines of the. And the radical alternative press. And before we begin the program, i would like to send a special welcome to anyone who will be joining the virtual the first time. If youre not familiar with the Historical Society, when the first Historical Society in america. Ill be expecting preserving and sharing the histories in 1791. Withhold amazing collection. Including the papers of the first president of the United States. Im sorry. The first six president s of the United States. I misspoke that. We are continuing to collect today. And if you are interested in, we are currently collecting material related to that covid19 experience. The special initiative designed to listen to peoples experiences during the unusual times and preserving this information for future generations. In
The National Press clubs annual book fair and authors night in washington d. C. And later this month well be live from the Miami Book Fair on november 19th and 20th. Our coverage includes author discussions and callin programs featuring senator Bernie Sanders, fox news host dana perino and National Book Award Finalist coulson whitehead. For more information about the book fairs and festivals booktv will be covering and to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our web site, booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] well, thank you, everyone, for coming. Were so well, on behalf of rick mcarthur, harpers magazine and book culture, were so pleased to be here to celebrate born on third base a 1 er makes the case for tackling inequality, bringing wealth home and committing to the common good. That author is Chuck Collins and, again, were so happy to have him here for our talk. Harpers magazine has a vested interest in keeping important written word in circulationing, and
The tomb guard badge, which is depicted on our logo and in this case here, this is the second least awarded badge in the United States military with the exception of the astronaut a astronaut badge. Today, we are giving badge number 634 to a young man and now in the brotherhood of fellowship of tomb guards. We have a society, we are 501c3 organization and part of the bylaws is is we do Community Outreach to educate the public about the tomb. I find that your generation, this, sort of a sweeping generation here, that your generation knows about the tomb. I talk to School Groups, and its appalling to me how little they know. Its not their fault. We have allowed all this teaching and teaching to the test and we have not put history on the test. And i will get off my soap box. Just think of that. I do speak to a lot of School Groups probono, this is my 81st speech this year. In 2015. I will have well over 100 by the time veterans day is over. Im speaking pretty much nonstop from the first
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