in doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered the work of previous historians have 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 votes for women, she fought for peace, she fought for civil rights. the new york times hailed her as the least known but the most influential american women who had to do with public affairs in this country. professor nancy unger will help us know belle la follette for who she really is. nancy? [applause] ms. unger: hello. thank you for that lovely introduction. i have given talks to the humanist community of silicon valley and they are one of my favorite audiences because they stay awake and they ask great questions. i have been looking forward to this talk. i want to thank you for inviting me to the humanist association of the greater sacramento area. i want to thank bill potts
alongside her husband and son. the humanist association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event. it is about an hour. today s speaker asked me if i could give her only a brief introduction. her subject is belle la follette who lived a very full life from 1859-1931. in doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered the work of previous historians have 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 votes for women, she fought for peace, she fought for civil rights. the new york times hailed her as the least known but the most influential american women who had to do with public affairs in this country. professor nancy unger will help us know belle la follette for who she really is. nancy? [applause] ms. unger: hello. thank you for that lovely introduction. i have given talks to the humanist community o
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ntsb announcing they will launch a go team to investigate the accident. that came out moments ago. investigation into the crash. you re seeing pictures on the screen right now. lots of news coming out on this. tariq, i quill start with you, you re well-known covering space issues. what do you make of what is going on tonight? what do you expect out of this press conference? this is definitely a sad day for both the families involved and virgin galactic as well as commercial spaceflight industry in general. and, i guess what we re, really hoping to find out what do we know right now that happened? we have heard anecdotal reports so far about the drop and, and, the initial engine ignition. of course the breakup and the crash. we re hoping to know who was killed in the crash, the status of the other pilot and what investigation. because there is sure to be one, will be like out there in mojave. gerri: tom jones, to you, you re a former astronaut. you were on the space shuttle,
survive the crash. ntsb announcing they will launch a go team to investigate the accident. that came out moments ago. investigation into the crash. you re seeing pictures on the screen right now. lots of news coming out on this. tariq, i quill start with you, you re well-known covering space issues. what do you make of what is going on tonight? what do you expect out of this press conference? this is definitely a sad day for both the families involved and virgin galactic as well as commercial spaceflight industry in general. and, i guess what we re, really hoping to find out what do we know right now that happened? we have heard anecdotal reports so far about the drop and, and, the initial engine ignition. of course the breakup and the crash. we re hoping to know who was killed in the crash, the status of the other pilot and what investigation. because there is sure to be one, will be like out there in mojave. gerri: tom jones, to you, you re a former astronaut. you were on