Endowment for the humanities, where he was awarded. Where he awarded 500 million in grants to cultural universities. Scholars for seven years. He directed the nea operation homecoming, writing the wartime experience program, taught therapeutic writing workshops for u. S. Troops during their deployment on domestic bases and in military. He has published in humanities inside of Higher Education and the wall street journal and other. He has coedited an essay on flannery oconnor. Hello, so glad youre here. It is my distinct honor to introduce and to interview jeff shaara his new book which on notice signing is at 3 00 and i think youll to be there after you hear this and. And jeff is well known to us. Hes signed many of his books here, the state hes the author of more than 15 york times bestseller. As you certainly would know, gods and generals, other books that to mind the last full me about Teddy Roosevelt and rather than read this standard bio i thought i would tell a story. So jeff, i
Endowment for the humanities, where he was awarded. Where he awarded 500 million in grants to cultural universities. Scholars for seven years. He directed the nea operation homecoming, writing the wartime experience program, taught therapeutic writing workshops for u. S. Troops during their deployment on domestic bases and in military. He has published in humanities inside of Higher Education and the wall street journal and other. He has coedited an essay on flannery oconnor. Hello, so glad youre here. It is my distinct honor to introduce and to interview jeff shaara his new book which on notice signing is at 3 00 and i think youll to be there after you hear this and. And jeff is well known to us. Hes signed many of his books here, the state hes the author of more than 15 york times bestseller. As you certainly would know, gods and generals, other books that to mind the last full me about Teddy Roosevelt and rather than read this standard bio i thought i would tell a story. So jeff, i
That was Edith Roosevelt, speaking in new york city 20 years after she left the white house. She was the matriarch to a rambunctious family and her husband, Theodore Roosevelt, was as outgoing as she was private. She was the groundbreaking manager of the white house, overseeing a major renovation that added a west wing, separating the family quarters from the president s office is for the first time. Good evening and welcome to cspans series, first ladies. Edith roosevelt will usher in season two of the series and the 20th century. We have two historians who know the roosevelts well. Meet Kathleen Dalton. She is the author of Theodore Roosevelt a strenuous life. And Stacey Cordery is the author of a biography of alice roosevelt. Welcome, the both of you. The 1900 election. It does not last very long because an assassin has other things in mind for president mckinley. Tell the story that brings the roosevelts in that very momentous time into the white house. It is traumatic because Theo
Is the generational transition which holds great promise. Still as i mention the ongoing problem it is hard to imagine that despite all the efforts, more than 70 of afghans over the age of 15 cannot read or write. Half of all afghan girls are still not in school even though they are 40 and 9 million are back in school. Of those who are back in school, if you stay long enough to make it through secondary school, forced marriage, Child Marriage is still a reality. So how do we address this, what are what are the tools in our toolkit . The afghan women, i often get asked by audiences dont we try to take solutions, or possible solution and we try to prescribe something that would never work in their culture. There is never a onesizefitsall. One of the best approaches that we have used in afghanistan, the lowcost, sustainable effort effort has been because the partnerships. Judy mentioned before my basic approach to a lot of International Global issues and challenges, is is finding a way to
Tomorrow has to key west, florida, the southernmost city in the continental United States. We will visit the Ernest Hemingway house. H historyut the jewis and talk with the author of the book quit your job and moved to key west. The tour of key west is wednesday at 6 00 p. M. On cspan. Florence harding once said that she had only one hobby, and that was warren harding. She was a significant force in her husbands presidency and adept at handling the media turned despite her husbands infidelities, his death in office and her own poor health, she would help to find the role of the modern first lady. Florence harding, this sunday night at 8 00 eastern on first ladies, influence in image examining the public and private lives of the women who filled andposition of first lady their influence on the president for Martha Washington to michelle obama. Sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. So thrilled and excited to be here. And i want to thank cspan for covering the N