good evening, everyone. i am valerie paley. i am director of the center for women s history, and i and so delighted to welcome you to the york the new york historical society and women s center. we are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the united states, and it s about time. [applause] valerie: i will not take too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator. she is the postdoctoral fellow in women s history in public history here at new york historical. she is a fantastic scholar, human being, and colleague and i am so glad they are with us at an important moment. i also want to do a special shout out to the women s foundation, four years ago they melon foundation, four years ago they gave us a giant vote of confidence and a lovely grant to get the center up and running. we are here, and we are here to stay. really happy about that. she went to columbia university and got their phd there, as did i more
rider university provided the video. welcome everyone. this is for the people who are here for the first time tonight data the making of the presidents: 2020, better known as a political circus of the century. i m going to be talking about two different, and yet related topics. the first has to do with the factors that are considered when we look at presidential effectiveness. the second part i d like to look at, a few of the more recent presidential elections. so, we re going to start with this. and i m coming on the work of professor robert dallek, well-known presidential historian. dallek writes, the 20th century saw an impressive expansion of presidential powers, due to the leadership skills of nine men who served in the office theodore roosevelt, woodrow wilson, franklin delano roosevelt, harry s truman, dwight d eisenhower, john f. kennedy, lyndon baines johnson, richard nixon, and ronald reagan. now, professor dalle s analysis only looks at the 20th century. i
other professions across the country. next, on american history tv, a look at the challenges the union faced in fighting for workers rights and the role of minority women in the government industry. the new york historical society center for women s history hosted this hour long discussion. good evening, everyone. i am valerie paley. i am director for the center for women s history and i am so delighted to welcome you to the new york historical society and to the center this evening. if you do not know about us, it s time you did. we are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the united states and it s about time. [applause] i m not going to take too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator, nick juravich, who is a post doctoral fellow in women s history and public history here at new york historical. nick is a fantastic scholar and human being and colleague and i am so absolutely thrilled that he s with us
society and women s center. we are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the united states, and it s about time. [applause] valerie: i will not take too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator. the postdoctoral fellow in women s history in public history here at new york historical. nick is a fantastic scholar, human being, and colleague and i am so glad they are with us at an important moment. i also want to do a special shout out to the women s foundation, four years ago they gave us a giant vote of confidence and a lovely grant to get the center up and running. we are here, and we are here to stay. feeling really happy about that. nick went to columbia university and got their phd there, as did i more than a couple of years ago. starting in september of 2019 he will be an assistant professor of labor and public history at the university of massachusetts in boston. we will be desolate when he leaves but t
the panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator, she was the post doctoral fellow in women s history, and public history here at new york historical nick is a fantastic scholar, and human being, and colleague, and i am so absolutely thrilled that he is here with us, at a very important moment in the development of the center. i also want to do a special shout out to the milk foundation, which about four years ago gave us a giant vote of confidence, and helped us to get the center up and running. so, because of the foundation, we are here and we are here to stay. and we are really happy about that. in any case, nick juravich, when you column university, ph.d. student just a couple of years ago, as did i, more than a couple of years ago. but, starting in september, 2019, he will be assistant professor of labour and public history at university of massachusetts, in boston. we will be desolate when he leaves by law he is very fortunate to have boston except hi