Well, first, i want to thank the new America Foundation for having us. I am particular and very honored to be a moderator because up until now, this late date in my career, no ones ever found my moderate enough in my views to be a moderators. [laughter] im really happy tonight, the first time i like to moderate a panel, and its, obviously, a great honor to talk about this on the 50th anniversary, and, obviously, its a book that has put this bark on the culture and its a very, very rare book that makes the argument that it changed peoples lives. Its under criticism for affecting a group of small people for not talking about working class women who had no choice but to work all along and not talking about people of other sexual preferences finding themselves askew or outside conventional life. What i want to do today is talk about the ongoing power of the classic, and i recently taught this book to the undergrads at nyu who some of a couple here in the audience who did not ever hesitate
Dispair. In his american assumption, there was a version of the creed of exceptionalism that scholars came to regard as uniquely american, escaped from the rise and fall of history and universal opportunity for individuals, endless progress for the nation, and yet split historical second in the heat of radical reconstruction, they maintained that the american assumption was temporarily counterbalanced, alarmed by the return to congress in 1866 of unreconstructed southerners who might repudiate the civil war debt and almost certainly reduce the national tariff, they characterized northern industry has frightened and moving towards the stand which abolition democracy had already taken, namely temporary dictatorship, endowed negro education, legal civil rights, and eventually votes for negroes to offset the southern threat of economic attack. The american assumption was from radical reconstruction whether it was special order number 15 giving emancipated slaves possession their titles to
I was fascinated by her feminist view, you know, remember the ladies or your going to be in trouble. She warned her husband. You cant rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. This is 1700s, shes saying that. Abigail adam, this monday night on cspans new history series. She was outspoken about her views on slavery and womens rights. She provides a unique window into her life with john adams. Join the conversation on Abigail Adams on cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. Four years ago, rob reiner spearheaded the legal battle against proposition eight would ban samesex marriage in california. Mr. Reiner recently visited the Commonwealth Club of california to discuss his career in hollywood, Marriage Equality, Climate Change, Immigration Reform, gun rights, and violent movies, as well as why he chose not to run for governor against Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006. This is an hour and 10 minutes. Good afternoon and welcome to todays meeting of the Commonwealth C
After the initial count of votes, former Union Ward 2 Alderman Bill Isgriggs leads by a single vote over Alderman Barbara Laberer, who defeated Isgriggs in 2020.