Was brief but impactful. History colorado hosted the event and provided the video. We have dr. Judy gaughan here. Associate professor of history at the Colorado State university in pueblo and is one of the organizers of the womens Suffrage Centennial summit in colorado, a values partner in the womens cocentennial is writing a book holly andrie clydde american first. Thank you for being with us today. Dr. Gaughan dr. Gaughan thank you, mike. I want to say thank you to the center for colorado womens history for hosting what is a fascinating lecture series. Hopefully it will continue to be fascinating today in february 2018, as i was happily strolling the streets of rome metaphorically speaking, i joined 16 other women to celebrate the centennial of womens suffrage. As the first meeting of that is soon to be name womens Suffrage Centennial of southern colorado i learned the significance of this did not strike me immediately. I began to do research to celebrate the colorado centennial 125
Was brief, it was also impactful. History colorado hosted this event and provided the video. Here have dr. Judy gaughan. She has done a lot of work here with many different things, but dr. Judy gaughan is the associate of history at Colorado State university in pueblo and is one of the organizers of a valued partner in the womens post centennial in colorado in 2020. Dr. Judy gaughan is currently writing a book, surely the world moves. Fork you, dr. Judy gaughan, taking the time to be here with us today and tell this remarkable story. Gaughan thank you, mike. I want to say thank you to the center for colorado womens history for hosting what is a fascinating lecture series. Hopefully it will continue to be fascinating today. I also want to give a warning that there is a trigger topic. Only passed legislation statutory rape, so i will be talking about that peter later so i wanted people to be aware of that ahead of time. 2018, as i was happily strolling the streets of rome metaphorically
A boarding house near the legislature building. And putnam came to him. Putnam was old enough to have been his father, came up to his room and said youve got to get up out of bed because were going to cast the vote today. And he said i cant. He said youve got to. So he did. Some people say he was carried in on a stretcher. I found no proof of that. In any event, he got to the legislature. He gave a powerful speech, and he voted. And the measure to introduce slavery into ohio and thus the whole Northwest Territory was defeated by one vote. [applause] and yet nobody has ever heard of his name. [applause] people have said to me, if you had put this in a novel, your editor would say no, this would never happen in real life. It did happen in real life. And we should know about that and know about him and hes the one who did more than anybody else to get education passed by the Legislature Later on providing School Public schooling public learning all the way through the university of ohio.
Of american involvement in Global Affairs and the collapse of traditional few daden christian moral and standards. Thats what were going to talk about today the culture of the 1950s. Ever since historians have paid more attention to whats regarded as the 60s cultural rev lugds, really had its seeds planted. So i want to share what the victorian was like. The little piece i gave you from William Oneils book from america 1945 describes some of the cultural assumptions. But much like the term liberalism, victorianism was actually liberal in its day. It was really an advance upon earlier premodern cultural pattern. Much as liberalism in the 19th century was a progressive new saying and principles of the classic liberalism of the 1970s is considered progressive today. They were advanced or progressive with regard to old world or premodern. If you look at how basic things how families are formed over the course of a historic development, the oldfashioned or traditional way was arranged marri
Good intentions may be great but they pave the road to hell. I plan yet i am matt welch and the hosting chair this week for kennedy with kmele foster. Our special guest. Together we are the independents. What is a classic example of Good Government intentions gone horribly pearr eyes on the one e solution to a landfill overcrowding. The year is 1972, the problem, too many old tires piling up in landfills. The solution, over 2 million off the coast of florida to create an artificial reef for marine life. Sounds like a great idea with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong . It turns out tires around enroll of becoming uncontrollable wrecking balls that destroy the natural coral nearby. Some scientists believe the rumor is also leaking toxins into the environment. One thing is for sugar, cleaning up this mess will take years, cost millions of dollars command even require help from the military. It. Kennedy tonight we will be counting down in no particular order nine of the