American history tv on cspan3 every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures in history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. The u. S. Capitol has been home to the house and senate since 1800. But it is their home districts and states that send members to washington, d. C. Over the next 90 minutes, a look at pivotal u. S. Politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. Coming up first, u. S. Congressman and senator, former wisconsin governor, and 1924 Progressive Party president ial candidate, robert fighting bob lafollette. There is work for everyone. It is large. It is a glorious service. This service for the country, the call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob is probably the most important political figure in wisconsin history, and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor he defined what progressivism
Post a comment on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Good evening, everyone. My names liz, im a member of the event staff, and i would like to welcome you all this evening to politics and prose at the wharf. Just a quick note before we get started, now would be a great time to silence cell phones, feel free to take flashfree photography. Tonight were here to welcome Hendrik Meyer for his new book, Arthur Vandenberg, the man in the middle of the american century. When Arthur Vandenberg assumed his seat as a republican senator from michigan in 1928, he was an outspoken opponent of the new deal and a staunch isolationist. By the end of his life, he was one of the key architects of the american postwar Foreign Policy. In this comprehensive biography, meij is er charts the course. Reporter, editor and executive producer of the documentary americas senator the unexpected odyssey of Arthur Vandenberg. Hell be in conversation with a journalist, brookings fellow and the author of the end
Discusses womens ratings rights activists belle, la follette. Active in the early 20th centuries. She is the author which tell the story of this journalist, suffragist and pacifist who campaigned alongside her husband and son in their own bids for office. The humanist association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event and its about an hour. Todays truly delightful speaker, professor nancy unger, asked me if i could give her only a brief introduction. Lets see if i can. Subject is and i would like to pronounce it, belle la folette, who lived a full life from 1859 to 1931. In doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered that the work of previous historians including herself, had drastically underestimated this great humanist. She discovered the surprising truths about the radical reformer who was denounced by some as disgraceful to the white race. What . Disgraceful . She fought for women, peace, civil rights. And for so much more. The New York Times hailed her as perh
They became doctors and lawyers. One became the first female manager of any department at northrop airlines. They became principals, surgeons, politicians, pilots, and they were able to do that because they had access to professional baseball. So when i asked them what did it mean to you to play in the league and they say everything, its exactly right. What did it mean for this country and the efforts of these women to help during wartime . It meant everything. Ive asked a number of these women, so, what was it like to have to play baseball in a dress . Of course their answers varied. Some i can repeat. Some i cant. Basically the message is we would have played naked, whatever it took. We got to play baseball and we truly believe we helped keep baseball alive during the war. As i said, the league ended in 1954. It lasted 11 years. The league expanded over that 11 years from four teams to 12 teams. Its possible that the expansion maybe happened too quickly. I think the fact there was ex
Of modern civilization. She also according to her youngest child, ultimately, became an anagnostic. They did not attend church which is quite unusual for a u. S. Senator and her family. To protect her husbands in this area. Bob delighted in telling Family Friends that as belle guided a wealthy couple through washington dc, they asked pointblank, which church to la follette. Told them we entered the congregati congregational. This is a lie and as a minister, we have known well and preached in the Congressional Church on sunday and bob and i would go to hear it. Belle advocated cleaner road cars and schedules designed for short and lay overs. She also postponing the inaugural ceremony in april. Must we go on forever . Suffering the convenience of so badly adjusted to our daily lives just because they were written in the constitution or over a hundred years ago. She saw women lack of political experience as working to their favor as they were left conditions to accept traditions. Lesson t