Parade. Watch first ladies influence in image monday at 8 pm eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Lawmakers recently discuss the best ways to ease Financial Burdens for those who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. They heard from witnesses who shared Solutions Like work from home programs and Unemployment Insurance extension to help those impacted. This house select subcommittee on the coronavirus hearing is two hours. With objection, the chair authorized to declare a recess of committee in time. I now recognize myself for the opening statement. Today, the select subcommittee is holding our First Official hearing which bills on the productive committee we have held over the last several weeks. Todays hearing will address the catastrophic levels of unemployment the American People are facing. Our nations job crisis is a direct result of a Public Health crisis was as our virus spreads throughout our community in january and february we failed to control that one. Lead
Important, and also fun to feature our own amazing staff, to feature their research and just the way things were thinking about currently at montpelier. So, it is my pleasure to introduce our first speaker, emily voss. Emily is the director of education at the robert h. Smith center for the constitution, which is where we are gathered today, in claude moore hall, the home of the robert h. Smith center for the constitution. Emily has been at montpelier for six years. And she is responsible for all of the programming of the center, which involves programs for teachers, programs for police officers, programs for International Groups that are visiting the area. She has an undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and a masters degree in Museum Studies from the very Prestigious Program in cooperstown, new york. And shes going to talk to us today about madison and the lead up to the constitution. Thank you. All right. I need two seconds to get my powerpoint up because you cant do anything
Found on the National Archives youtube channel. Assumptions about history gives us a fresh us a fresh understanding, egging into primary sources and listening to the voices of those not usually heard. Todays guest author, Stephanie Jones rogers has done this in her new book, they were her property, white women as slaveowners in the american south. She uses an impressive assortment to piece together the stories of the slaveholders and the enslaved with the oral histories of formally enslaved people, news paper advertisements, slave records sells records, court doctrines and more. Two weeks ago we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act ended slavery in the district of columbia in 1860 two. Among the records generated as a result of this you will find several references to women owners. To come up for example, sot compensation for their freed slaves, one claiming one slave was a gift from her sister and worth 1500. They were her property and received favorable reviews. A writer because at a
Montpelier president s day celebration. We have a tradition of hosting speakers for a special president s day weekend program. And this year, we thought it would be a nice change and important, and also fun to feature our own amazing staff, to feature their research and just the way things were thinking about currently at montpelier. So, it is my pleasure to introduce our first speaker, emily voss. Emily is the director of education at the robert h. Smith center for the constitution, which is where we are gathered today, in claude moore hall, the home of the robert h. Smith center for the constitution. Emily has been at montpelier for six years. And she is responsible for all of the programming of the center, which involves programs for teachers, programs for for police officers, programs for International Groups that are visiting the area. She has an undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and a masters degree in museum study from the very Prestigious Program in cooperstown, new
She is the author of they were her property white women as slave owners in the american south. This video is courtesy of the National Archives. Many of their programs can be found on the National Archives youtube channel. Assumptions about history gives us a fresh questioning assumptions gives us a fresh understanding, egging into primary sources and listening to the voices of those not usually heard. Todays guest author, Stephanie Jones rogers has done this in her new book, they were her property, white women as slaveowners in the american south. She uses an impressive assortment to piece together the stories of the slaveholders and the enslaved with the oral histories of formally enslaved people, news paper advertisements, slave records sells records, court doctrines and more. Two weeks ago we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act ended slavery in the district of columbia in 1860 two. Among the records generated as a result of this you will find several references to women owners. To