lyndon johnson is, this administration today here and now declares unconditional war on poverty in america. he had added four words today, here and now. lyndon johnson words and the speech said unfortunately, many americans lived on the outskirts of hope. some because of their poverty and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. our task is to help that one-fifth american families with incomes too small to even meet their basic needs. our chief weapons will be better schools and better health and better homes and better training and better opportunities to help more americans especially the young americans escape from squalor, misery and it s interesting to watch that speech on tape today, as lyndon johnson says those three words, squalor, misery, unemployment and his eyes beyond what he had to speeches narrow, and i wrote, his lips set already in that grim, tough line, tattered and twisted into an expression, and he continued with words back while none
university for advanced study. i m dean lizabeth cohen, and i m delighted you could join us for this lecture by helen lefkowitz horowitz, that we at the institute have been happy since helen accepted our offer to speak last year. this lecture was first conceived of when harvard began planning it s 375th anniversary celebration. the president and i discussed how the radcliffe institute could make an intellectual contribution to this historic occasion. and just as important to the two of us, both u.s. historians, how the history of women at harvard might be well represented in the course of the anniversary year. because drew was very committed to having this lecture today and worked with me to plan it, she wanted to join us here to welcome helen and to welcome all of you. so i m very pleased to invite up here now someone who in this crowd needs no introduction. our own harvard president drew faust. [ applause ] thank you. i m just delighted to be here, and i m delighted to se
she looks at the opposition they faced. the radcliffe institute for advanced study at harvard university posted this 90-minute event. welcome to the radcliffe university for advanced study. i m dean lizabeth cohen, and i m delighted you could join us for this lecture by helen lefkowitz horowitz, that we at the institute have been happy since helen accepted our offer to speak last year. this lecture was first conceived of when harvard began planning it s 375th anniversary celebration. the president and i discussed how the radcliffe institute could make an intellectual contribution to this historic occasion. and just as important to the two of us, both u.s. historians, how the history of women at harvard might be well represented in the course of the anniversary year. because drew was very committed to having this lecture today and worked with me to plan it, she wanted to join us here to welcome helen and to welcome all of you. so i m very pleased to invite up here now someon
this lecture by helen lefkowitz horowitz, that we at the institute have been happy since helen accepted our offer to speak last year. this lecture was first conceived of when harvard began planning it s 375th anniversary celebration. the president and i discussed how the radcliffe institute could make an intellectual contribution to this historic occasion. and just as important to the two of us, both u.s. historians, how the history of women at harvard might be well represented in the course of the anniversary year. because drew was very committed to having this lecture today and worked with me to plan it, she wanted to join us here to welcome helen and to welcome all of you. so i m very pleased to invite up here now someone who in this crowd needs no introduction. our own harvard president drew faust. [ applause ] thank you. i m just delighted to be here, and i m delighted to see so many of you gathered and so many familiar faces in the audience. as liz has said, it seemed