Yale women graduating class. Please welcome and gardner perkins. Anne gardner perkins. Can you tell us about your book yale needs women and the history of coeducation in this country, and in the ivy league in particular . Yes. Thank you, mark. Over the next hour, we will all explore together that moment in American History when yale and its peers, when americas most prestigious colleges, finally admitted women students. For those of you who have not read the book yet, that moment was just 50 years ago, close enough that we can touch it, which is why we are so likely tonight to be able to include Elizabeth Vann and Connie Royster, two of yales first women undergraduates. Two facts are in order. Museum,schmidt and the who have been terrific sponsors, it has been delightful to work with you. And to eight cousins bookstore. I know in my community how important the independent bookstore is and independent bookstores have taken a real hit economically over the last three months, so i would r
Speaker, he is a certified instructor. When you ask those questions, make sure they have a question mark at the end of them. , please help me welcome him. [applause] good evening. I am thrilled to be here and happy you could join me. I will talk about my current research, a Global Environmental history of the First World War. I am interested in Energy Geopolitics that link the battle lines on the home fronts with agricultural and industry in ways that fundamentally shaped the 20th century. So i will talk about the main battlefield many of us are familiar with, then hop, skip, and jump around the globe to point out areas that had an incredibly profound Environmental Impact. , few human endeavors have altered the Natural World as and as agriculture industry warfare. Together inse came ways that were incredibly destructive. War, theyne mentions think battlefields, and soldiers did change environment on every battlefront. Military planners took the environment into account, considering cli
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