American women and world war ii. And this is obviously a huge topic. We could spend an entire semester just on this topic alone. So were going trooito break it down into three different spaces and look at a lot of images to fit into things we talk about. Were going to talk about american women in three ways. Were going to talk about women at home, women at work, and women at war. So were going to organize our ideas this way. Again, were going to look at a lot of the propaganda. Weve been talking about propaganda a lot this semester and watching videos and things like that. Everybody found that video okay . All right, thats a good one on women at work during world war ii. You can find it on the National Archives website, right . Well talk about that in this portion, but well talk about these different parts of women american women during world war ii. And again were just hitting the survey of this. Theres so much we could talk about throughout the entire semester, and we do all of u. S.
Craig nelson, the author of v is for victory. Franklin roosevelt American Revolution and the triumph of World War Two and the New York Times bestseller. The rocket men. The epic story. The first men on, the moon as well as several previous books, including pearl harbor, the age of radiance, the first hero, heroes, thomas paine. And lets get lost. His writing appeared in vanity fair, the wall street journal salon, soldier of fortune, national, Popular Science Readers Digest and a host of other publications. And he resides new york, and he is here to with us today. Welcome craig nelson. So unlike many of you ive been visiting the Hudson River Valley for 45 years. And one of the last things, roosevelts before he died was that he wanted to go home to the river. And all of us here what he meant. So i want to thank you also for your warm welcome. Im of living a once in a lifetime experience where ive never had a book that sparks the reaction and this one does. The people are passionate in lo
Controlled. So she had to adhere to these rules of censorship just like other journalist. All right. Well, thank you all so much for coming. Craig nelson, the author of v is for victory. Franklin roosevelt American Revolution and the triumph of World War Two and the New York Times bestseller. The rocket men. The epic story. The first men on, the moon as well as several previous books, including pearl harbor, the age of radiance, the first hero, heroes, thomas paine. And lets get lost. His writing appeared in vanity fair, the wall street journal salon, soldier of fortune, national, Popular Science Readers Digest and a host of other publications. And he resides new york, and he is here to with us today. Welcome craig nelson. So unlike many of you ive been visiting the Hudson River Valley for 45 years. And one of the last things, roosevelts before he died was that he wanted to go home to the river. And all of us here what he meant. So i want to thank you also for your warm welcome. Im of
Trouble tonight at eight eastern on cspan q a. You can listen to q a and all of our podcasts on our free cspan. Now app. Daniel ellsberg has passed away at the age of 92. He is best known for leaking sensitive documents on the vietnam war, known as the pentagon papers, which many believe helped to end the longest u. S. Conflict of the 20th century. The disclosures would also lead to a Landmark Supreme Court decision on freedom of the press. In 2019, the university of massachusetts amherst acquired the papers of Daniel Ellsberg and next from the school he talks about his career and his fight against the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. This is just over 2 hours. All right. Good evening. Good afternoon. Good evening. Were going to get started. So greetings and welcome to the 21st annual friends of the umass librarys fall reception. Im simon nehme, dean of libraries here at Umass Amherst. And today i have the honor of welcoming you to a very, very special program planned to celebrate the
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Truman Library. Im kurt graham. Im the director here, and its always such a pleasure to welcome a crowd out to another one of our wonderful programs, especially on a rainy kind of dark and scary night and that youve driven some of you, some length i know to be here. And so we know youre going to enjoy what you what you hear. And we appreciate you, you being here and supporting us. And weve had its just so great to be back in business and to have these programs and to have these prominent authors from all over the country want to come here and share with this amazing audience that supports the president ial libraries. And youre a unique a unique crowd. And people do enjoy being able to speak to you. Pleased to introduce to you tonight, mr. Steve drummond, who is an author, educator and for more than 20 years, a journalist at npr in washington, where he is currently a Senior Editor and executive producer. His work has been recognized wit