Historical narrative about president lincolns wife mary. She considers how mary would have been remembered if she had died instead of her husband. Also talking about why the critics have labeled her crazy. Southern Methodist University center for president ial University Posted this event. It is not only an honor and a privilege to introduce tonight speaker, it is to me, a personal delight because she and i were classmates in princeton many years ago. Catherine clinton is the professor of American History at the university of texas at san antonio. She is also one of this countrys most distinguished historians of american women, the south, and the civil war. She is a proud daughter of kansas city, missouri, and she studied as an undergraduate at harvard. Shooin for a phd at princeton, completing her dissertation on the direction of james mcpherson. Her dissertation will be published in 1982 as the book the plantation mistress. It was her first work to be characterized justly as pioneeri
World. And that is a legacy that she leaves. Overseas tour staff recently traveled to worcester, massachusetts, to learn about it rich history. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Coming up next, author Catherine Clinton details president lincolns wife mary. She considers how mary would have been remembered if she had died instead of her husband. Also talking about why the critics have labeled her crazy. Southern Methodist University center for president ial University Posted this event. It is not only an honor and a privilege to introduce tonight speaker, it is to me, a personal delight because she and i were classmates in princeton many years ago. Catherine clinton is the professor of American History at the university of texas at san antonio. She is also one of this countrys most distinguished historians of american women, the south, and the civil war. She is a proud daughter of kansas city, missouri, and she studied as an undergraduate at harv
Wings. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama formally nominated his choice today to be the next u. S. Secretary of health and Human Services. And he praised the woman whos held the job for five years, during the battle over health care reform. Kathleen will go down in history for serving as the secretary of health and Human Services when the United States of america finally declared that Quality Affordable Health Care is not a privilege, but it is a right for every s
Wings. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama formally nominated his choice today to be the next u. S. Secretary of health and Human Services. And he praised the woman whos held the job for five years, during the battle over health care reform. Kathleen will go down in history for serving as the secretary of health and Human Services when the United States of america finally declared that Quality Affordable Health Care is not a privilege, but it is a right for every s
Attacked last night. He did attend the game with his brother and his father, and apparently have been looking forward to attending this game for quite some time. I spoke with his employer by phone early this morning in fort bragg. That is where he worked. The employer tells me that the 24yearold wasnt even that big of a sports fan, but he was really looking forward to coming to the game to attend it with his brother and his dad who lives in southern california. Tells me that jonathan was a plumbers apprentice, and they came to the game. It was 90 minutes afterwards when the game ended at at t park when the men got into a fight, possibly with giants fans, but police havent said exactly what those men were wearing. Denver was stabbed, taken to the hospital where he died. Now, the giants and dodgers, of course, longtime rivals, and fan violence has spilled over before. Most notably the worst when giants fan brooen stowe was attacked at giants stadium. With another game on tap, police say