Been the director, of the Huntington Library in san marino california. A former professor of history, and at the university of california riverside. She is a Frances Perkins scholar, and received her degree with distinction. Her dissertation, received the prize as the best dissertation of American History at yale. She began her teaching career at Simmons College and has been a fellow and a visiting professor professor at harvard university. In which the ladies of washington help build a city and government, when the first book price from the society for historians of the early american republic, and the northeast Popular Culture American Culture Association Annual book award. Political biography imperfect union, telemedicine and the creation of the american nation, was a finalist for the George Washington book price. In 2012, she published dolly medicine, the problem of National Unity and the queen of america. My fidelity madison. President obama appointed her to a president ial commis
At the kennedy institute, we are committed to engaging the public in a conversation about the role each one of us plays in our democracy and in our society. We do that through Civic Education programs that bring the United States senate to life and conversations like tonight that bring American History into focus. We are very proud to partner with the Massachusetts Historical Society on todays program. They are an invaluable resource for american life, history, and culture. All of us at the institute are also proud together together a group of panelists for the program, including our moderator, fred tice. He covers news related to politics and Higher Education at wbur where he has been since 1988 serving as a trusted source of truth and information. He previously was the nbc news bureau chief in mexico city and the south america reporter for cbs news based in argentina. Joining fred on the panel are four scholars who provide erspective on, and knowledge of, our nations founders. Togeth
Hello. I am a columnist here at the Washington Post and i write about politics and i want to thank you for joining us this morning for our conversation with senator amy klobuchar. Senator klobuchar is a member of the Senate Commerce committee and on the subcommittee that deals with manufacturing. We are really testing our technical capabilities here because she is joining us from a car in wisconsin where she is traveling with her fellow senator, tammy baldwin, campaigning for Vice President joe biden in the most swingy of swing states this year. Sen. Klobuchar thank you so much. Great to be on. Ar im in the car and parked. The area i are in going to be doing an event at a farm. Im excited to be here today. There is nothing more important besides moving our country forward and focusing on jobs and the economy. And that includes in a big way, manufacturing. We are here today to talk about manufacturing but it feels like we have had 10 years worth of news in the last 10 days. How doto ask
The rise of Andrew Jackson, mitt, manipulation, and the making of modern politics, in which they examine how Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828. We recorded their remarks that the u. S. Capital Historical Society in 2018. I am going to go ahead and start stuff. Welcome to the latest lunchtime lecture. My name is dr. Man tony, oh chief historian here. Welcome. I am really pleased today to introduce you, if you dont already know, to jean and david heidler. They have been speakers here before for their book on George Washingtons circle. And today, we are really honored that we are one day into the official existence of their latest book on Andrew Jackson, the rise of Andrew Jackson. It was just released officially yesterday. We are at the threshold of greatness here with the book. And i hope you all consider buying. It they will be available afterwards to sign for anyone who is interested. And i also want to point out that their previous book, i said they had been here before, i
U. S. Capital Historical Society in 2018. Im going to go ahead and start stuff. Excuse me, welcome to our latest lunchtime lecture. Im chief historian here with the u. S. Capital Historical Society. Welcome. Im really pleased today to introduce you, if you dont already know, jeanne and david heidler. Theyve been speakers before for their book on George Washingtons circle, and today were really honored that were one day in to the official existence of their latest book on Andrew Jackson the rise of Andrew Jackson was just released officially yesterday, so were at the threshold of greatness here with the book, and i hope you all consider buying it. Theyre going to be available afterwards to sign it for anyone whos interested, and i also want to point out that the previous book, i said theyve been here before, was washington circle. Were also selling discounted copies back there. Im told that the hard cover that were selling is 0. 05 more than amazons soft cover. So that sounds like a win