What led to this book . Guest nancy pelosi had never been on the cover of time or any National Magazine despite having become the first woman speaker of the house, and we felt like it was time to take a look at the whole person, the profile. So i was assigned the piece but i was not all that interested in her and it was only when i andted interviewing her looking into her background that i realized obviously someone who will go down in American History both as a groundbreaking figure as the first woman speaker and i think one of the most congressional figures in her time. The profile was published and i decided it was worth expanding into this book. Host how much access did you have to the speaker . Guest she did cooperate with this book. She gave me a series of interviews. As i recount, she is not the most transparent person, not someone who will let her hair down and tell you everything she thinks. But she did give me a series of interviews that i felt were revealing and added to the
For having me query it having me. Back in 2017. Ned she had never been on the cover of time or any National News magazine, despite having become the first woman speaker of the house back in 2007. We felt like it was time to take a look at the whole person being theiled, so i was assigned piece, but it wasnt honestly all that interested in her. It was only when i started to interview her and look into her background that i realized what a fascinating and significant character she is, and obviously someone who will go down in American History both as a groundbreaking figure and i think one of the more effective congressional leaders in American History, and certainly of her era. The profile was published in september 2018, and i decided was worth expanding into this book. How much access did you have to the speaker . She did cooperate with this book. As i recount in the book, shes not the most transparent person. Shes not going to sit down and let her hair down and tell you everything sh
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His new book, this is chance the shaking of an allamerican city am voice that held it together talking with jasmine hughes. Youre in for an excellent evening. Want to give a huge thanks to everybody who is happening, jon and jasmine and all of you showing up. Green lot storefronts are closed but the community is still here and that means so much to us so thank you. Just a couple of housekeeping orientation kind of things. Were in a webinar which means you can hear and see the speakers but they cannot see and hear you but they can see your name. If you have anything you want to share, use the chat icon and type your message nets chat windows. If you specifically have a question that youd like to have answered in the q a you canny the q a icon. Jasmine will be pulling questions from there start thinking about them now. We are recording tonights event so look for video or audio versions on website and social Media Channels and books. This is the porsche part. Our book stores are closed fo
War history. All at the university of virginia. Thankfully, shes not a hockey buff. I dont believe she is. She said, go caps. What has happened to the American Sports scene . I dont know. I never thought in a civil war conference people would be jawing about hockey. Such is life. A very accomplished scholar. Shes published a number of books, including we mean to be counted, white women and the politics in antebellum virginia. This union, one of my favorite overviews of the 1850s. Published by university of North Carolina press. Victory, defeat and freedom at the end of the civil war, published by oxford. Its an outstanding book. Its a way to look beyond the surrender proceedings and material culture, visual culture. How it resided in american memory. Its outstanding. I cant say enough good things about it. Today, subject of her talk, she published true story of Elizabeth Van lew, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy. [ applause ] i bring you greetings from virginia and im deli