Im delighted to see you all here, to see jean baker, author of Margaret Sanger a life of passion. Shes going to be in conversation tonight with christina page. While we often think of markets sangers at 46 amara street in brownsville, she started that clinic after being a nurse here and the Lower East Side. Here she was a cohort of emma goldman, who will be discussing and just two weeks. Tonights top is just not fitting because it is surprisingly timely, it is fitting because there is a good chance that Margaret Sanger knew one or more of the immigrant women who lived in our tenement a few doors down and 97 orchard street. Tonights guest jean baker is professor of history at of university in baltimore. Shes the author of several books, including sisters the life of american suffrage is. Professor baker has done a remarkable job telling the story of our newest subject market sanger and a highly compelling biography. Publisher weekly boasts best known as an advocate for spearheading the
Are lucky to have him here. A russian liberal journalist, tv host, and filmmaker. He is editor in chief of multimedia projects around the world. He is the host of a monthly talkshow, a roundtable. Chief of the National Geographic travelers, russian edition. He received a number of professional awards. This was not shown on russian tv. 2002 through 2004, he was host of the 25th hour, which was suspended eventually. Political advisor to mikael prokhorov. , he serves as a member of the president ial council for Civil Society and human rights. Last, but not least, nikolai zlobin, the founder of cgi in 2012. Advisor to president gorbachev and boris yeltsin. He has been associated with a variety of top institutions and has served as the gobetween between the american policy and Economic Community focused on russia. Wellpublished in english and russian. Most importantly, he serves as an interpreter of russian culture. With that, i will turn it over to nikolai and he can begin the conversation
Who invented the birthcontrol pill or how we got it and i became curious. It struck me as odd that anybody would have on their agenda in the 1950s a pill for the sexual liberation of women something that would free women to control their fertility. Who did that so thats where the idea came from. When i looked into it i found this incredible story of these outsiders these underdogs who had no enfranchisement no Government Support no university support in setting out to do something that everyone told them was impossible. Host can you sketch out what life was like before the pill . I think people today certainly i took it for granted and many people took it for granted before the 1960s when the pill became commonly used contraception was very limited. Abstinence was your best bet in the absence was harder. You had and some options available for women who went to their doctors that women have to go through men to get access to those and a effective and accessible forms of contraception. T
End you make it incredibly exciting. I am curious to know your previous books were about al capone so what made you choose this subject . It is funny because i did not have on my radar at all until 10 or 12 years ago i heard our rabbi give a sermon to think of yourself as a partner with guide to change the world not just yourself but think about how we can transform our existence and he said the Birth Control pill think of how the inventors must have set out to create one of the most important inventions of all time to change human dynamics, marriage and reproduction. But he never said how we got it and i became curious and it struck me as odd that anybody would have on their agenda to control fertility and 50s so who did that . And then i found this incredible story these underdogs with no Government Support doing what everybody told the of was impossible. Host sketch out what life was like before the pill. Guest people today i think many people take it for granted. Before the 60s the
It set a u. S. And world olympic record. She is Sharon Stewart of california. This is her third olympic medal. She has beaten out the previous record holder in a cold, of the netherlands. Netherlands. Of the platform diving. Here is the german diver, the heavy favorite. The u. S. Diver noses out the champions by a point and a half. In third place behind the american and german, the soviet flag is raised. Then the action moves to the stadium for the track event. In the stands, the immortal sprinter jesse owens. A heavy favorite, bob hayes. The wind was too risk. The win was disallowed. Slow motion reveals the stride grace,as more power than but he brings home the gold medal. No wins. The stars stripes, another u. S. Goldmedal. The u. S. Sets and olympic mark for the semifinals for the 100 dash. She beats her teammate 200 yards as she flies across. Yes, the American Eagle flies high in tokyo. Each week American History tv sits in on a lecture with one of the Nations College professors. Y