Archivists in collecting and organizing books and documents. They were skilled in collecting and organizing books and documents. Their work has left its own archival trail that peiss and other scholars can now follow. Peiss herself has sifted through the state Department Records here at the National Archives in college park and the Herbert Hoover president ial library in iowa. Researchers today pursue their missions in Research Rooms and online relying on the skills of , archives and library professionals, and i am very proud of our staff here at the National Archives in the daily work they do to assist the modern information hunters. Kathy peiss is a professor of American History at the university of pennsylvania, where she teaches courses on modern american cultural history and the history of american sexuality, women and gender. She is the author of chief amusements, working women in leisure in turnofthecentury jar,rk, and hope in a americas beauty culture, a finalist for the Los An
Here and i want to salute tim kaine and this has been a passion of his for decades or years . Somewhere between decades and years. Tammy duckworth, dick durbin, they all work dedicated lee on this but i want to speak and say a few words and then i will have to go and then tim will it take over, i guess. Okay. Look, what the senate did today behind the leadership of the colleagues behind me is what we should be doing every day. Working on a bipartisan basis to make a real impact for our country. It is a rare day here in the senate and i wish we did not have to say that but it is. The senate just sent a clear shot across the bow of bipartisan majority of senators dont want the president waiting war without congressional approval. That sums up the whole thing. The president does not have the authority to go to war but democratic and publican senators have made that Crystal Clear and no president s, no president can sidestep congress when it comes to matters of war and peace. That is what
We give credit as being part of the canyon or the set of great artists. Shes always in it. If you have a survey of american art she isnt going to be left out. Shes also one of the highest grossing Women Artists of all time. Shes interesting to study the history of american artists come history of Women Artists and she lived in so many different places in the United States she gives a good perspective on how different places can implement an artist. She was versatile about this but her love of the west was born here. We are standing in front of George Okeeffe paintings, it is only a longboard called landscape done when she was teaching here at what was texas state college. She did a piece based on an abstraction of the canyon. She was here twice come and hear its interesting because 1912 to 14 she was in amarillo teaching for the Public School system and then in 1916 to 1918 she came back and got a faculty position at west texas said she was here one in amarillo and one in canyon. She w
Have governor of rhode island. Thank you everyone for staying patient. We have had our fair share of trouble issues today so we appreciate you sticking with us. We will have to cut our time a little short because she has places to be but we will get down to a lot of questions and really good discussion of state policy. My name is caitlin emma i am a federal budget and congressional appropriation on capitol hill for politico and just a quick reminder to you guys here in the audience and those tuning in on the lifestream, tweet your questions with the state solution. I have a circuit here and i will track those and hopefully we will get to one or two at the end of our time today. So i am here with rhode island governor gina raimondo, shes serving in the second term as estates democratic governor and she recently delivered her sixth state of the dress. We have a lot to get to and we definitely want to talk on state policy with the time that we have. But i kinda wanted to start with some n
Many different places in the united states. She gives us a good perspective of how different spaces can influence an artist. She was versatile about nature but the west was something come her love of the west was born here. We are standing in front of georgia okeeffes painting. It is an oil painting on board and it is called red landscape that was done in 19161970s when she was teaching at what was west texas state college. She did the piece based on an abstraction of the canyon. She lived your twice actually and here its interesting because between 191214 she was in amarillo teaching for the Public School system of amarillo. In 19161918 she came back and got a faculty position at west texas state normal. Position at west texas state normal. She was here in two little stems. She was from wisconsin sisters interested like it midwest farm life. She grew up on a farm so she had some exposure to middle america, and the broad spaces of the west really struck her. It changed her aesthetic. W