The Hidden History of power in the 19th century United States published by oxford university, press in late, february and joining us this afternoon as discussions are martha jones of Johns Hopkins and Megan Sweeney of the university of michigan. Im eric arneson from the George Washington university cochair of the washington history seminar along with my colleague Christian Osterman of the Wilson Center who cannot be here today. The washington industry seminar is a collaborative nonpartisan venture of the woodrow Wilson Centers history and Public Policy program and the american Historical Associations National history center. And for over the past decade the seminar has bee been meeting wey and precovid times in person at the Wilson Center and since the pandemic well, here in the virtual realm behind the scenes two people make these seminars possible pete bierstecker of the Wilson Center and Rachel Wheatley of the National History center, and id like to thank institutional supporters th
My happy task is to introduce the distinguished panel of gold medal olympian women back in 2012 on the 40th anniversary of president nixons signing of title 9 alan barra wrote an op at in the New York Times titled. Female athletes. Thank nixon. And now on the 50th anniversary. I saw a column that said june 23 1972 was one of the most important days in the history of sports. I really agree with that. Titles nine had only 37 words, but those 37 words changed the history of sports in america and even the history of america itself. And those 37 words have changed and are still changing. Today on our panel. Youre about to meet three extraordinary women. Three olympians who made history representing america three champions who acknowledge and honor the part that title nine has played in their careers and in their lives. The first one is janet evans. Who . Who won four . Four gold medals in three Olympic Games. She broke seven World Records and won 17 International Titles five Us National Tit
My happy task is to introduce the distinguished panel of gold medal olympian women back in 2012 on the 40th anniversary of president nixons signing of title 9 alan barra wrote an op at in the New York Times titled. Female athletes. Thank nixon. And now on the 50th anniversary. I saw a column that said june 23 1972 was one of the most important days in the history of sports. I really agree with that. Titles nine had only 37 words, but those 37 words changed the history of sports in america and even the history of america itself. And those 37 words have changed and are still changing. Today on our panel. Youre about to meet three extraordinary women. Three olympians who made history representing america three champions who acknowledge and honor the part that title nine has played in their careers and in their lives. The first one is janet evans. Who . Who won four . Four gold medals in three Olympic Games. She broke seven World Records and won 17 International Titles five Us National Tit
This seminar subtitled historical perspectives on international and National Affairs this afternoon. We will be focusing on a new book by the princeton historian Laura Edwards titled only the clothes on her back clothing and the Hidden History of power in the 19th century United States published by oxford university, press in late, february and joining us this afternoon as discussions are martha jones of Johns Hopkins and Megan Sweeney of the university of michigan. Im eric arneson from the George Washington university cochair of the washington history seminar along with my colleague Christian Osterman of the Wilson Center who cannot be here today. The washington industry seminar is a collaborative nonpartisan venture of the woodrow Wilson Centers history and Public Policy program and the american Historical Associations National history center. And for over the past decade the seminar has been meeting weekly and precovid times in person at the Wilson Center and since the pandemic well
The distinguished panel of gold medal olympian women back in 2012 on the 40th anniversary of president nixons signing of title 9 alan barra wrote an op at in the New York Times titled. Female athletes. Thank nixon. And now on the 50th anniversary. I saw a column that said june 23 1972 was one of the most important days in the history of sports. I really agree with that. Titles nine had only 37 words, but those 37 words changed the history of sports in america and even the history of america itself. And those 37 words have changed and are still changing. Today on our panel. Youre about to meet three extraordinary women. Three olympians who made history representing america three champions who acknowledge and honor the part that title nine has played in their careers and in their lives. The first one is janet evans. Who . Who won four . Four gold medals in three Olympic Games. She broke seven World Records and won 17 International Titles five Us National Titles five World Championship ti