It was built by man named Robert Sewell and 1800. Was one of the only houses here to be deliberately burned during the war of 1812. A british soldier and his troops were passing by the house and some american troops were here in the house and they shot a force out from underneath the british german general so the story goes. The british print house in retaliation. The house was built by 1820 believe the majority was burned to the ground that it was rebuilt in 1820 and Robert Sewell pass it on to his family so it stayed with the family until 1923 was taken over by senator porter dale and his wife who were from vermont in 1920 and they lift here until 1929 then was taken over by the National Womens party in 1929. The nationalist party was the suffrage equal Rights Organization run by a woman named alice paul. The nationalist party worked from 1913 when it was founded until the late 90s for social political and economic equality for women both here in the United States and abroad. The Nat
What you get back is a conversation about value. Often college also frame the value of Higher Education in economic terms, and we become used to talking about return on investments and u. S. The department of education is publishing information about how much graduates individually make. So if youre going to measure the value of college in some way other how much a home is worth in the labor market, it leads you to that. Criticizing or denouncing creditors because of a dissatisfaction with the way they handle Quality Control and other aspects of Higher Education. It leads you to if not accreditation, then what . If you want to think about innovation and Higher Education and maybe finding new ways to use the federal Financial Aid system to give entrepreneurs or people the ability to create new systems or new ways of approaching Higher Education, but at the same time, youre mindful of the potential for fraud and abuse, it raises the question, how would you find out whether or not some ne
Increased presence throughout our system, but specially where Something Like this has happened in our system at metro. Reporter now according to the affidavit filed in the case four people including what appears to be the station manager at deanwood, witnessed all or part of what happened yesterday morning at around 11 00. The document says javante hall were on the same train, separate cars as it pulled into the station. Men had previously seen each other on the train, made icon tact, and called out to each other between the cars. Witnesses say when the train stopped, hall got off with a woman, and evans, the victim, got off with another man. Each witness saw something just a little bit different, but this much is clear, two witnesses say the man with evans, the victim, appeared to be recording with a cell phone as they all made their way down the escalator. Witnesses then say there was a commotion. Punches were thrown, then grounds. It is unclear from the witness accounts who through
Here are some programs to watch on booktv this weekend. Live on in depth, historian Michael Korda discusses his many books and takes your calls. Booktv visits colorado springs, colorado, to talk with the citys authors and take in its literary sites. On after words, pulitzer prizewinning historian James Mcpherson recounts the life of confederate president Jefferson Davis as well as books about americas security concerns, the creation of the computer and the internet and military dogs. For more information on this weekends 48hour television schedule, visit us online at booktv. Org. Up next, a Panel Discussion on feminism in the United States from the 1920s to today featuring the coauthors of the recentlypublished book feminism unfinished. The program, hosted by New York University in new york city, is about an hour, 20 minutes. [applause] good evening. Im delighted to be here even though moderation is not really my strong suit. [laughter] im very glad to be here tonight as the moderator.
Good evening. Its a pleasure to welcome you to the william g. Mcgowan theatre this evening here at the National Archives. And a special welcome to our viewers on cspan and our own youtube channel. Tonights program, womens history on the horizon, the centennial of the womens suffrage in 2020, it is presented in commemoration of womens equality day, 2014, and the 94th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the constitution, which granted women the right to vote. And forever changed the face of the american electorate. Before we begin the bram, i would like to tell you about two upcoming programs that will take place in this theatre. On thursday, august 28 at 7 00 p. M. , awardwinning documentary filmmaker nancy burski will be here to introduce and discuss her latest film afternoon of a fawn. Tanna quill awe claire. The story of a fame prim ma ball rin ma whose career was tragically struck short when she got polio in her early 20s. The most cited legal scholar discuss hi