revolution to the civil war. her masterful biography, southern lady, yankee spy, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy is published by hartford press. people s choice award. today she will speak to us about her new book, armys of deliverance: a new history of the civil war published by oxford. some guy named harold holzer called the book, quote, highly original and sweeping new study. i had the good fortune to hear liz speak on this subject a few weeks ago in hampton rhodes, virginia, and i m so glad to have her here at the forum to speak to us. please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon. [ applause ] all right. can everyone hear me? yes? good. all right. in his first war-time message to congress, delivered on july 4th, 1861, abraham lincoln casts succession as a duped and cowed the south into submission. after drugging the public mind for 30 years ago lincoln put it, seccessionists had relied on conversion to bring good men to take up arms against the government
van lew was published by oxford university in 2003 and 13 prizes including the library of virginia s people s choice awards. she will speak to us about her new book, armies of deliverance which was published earlier this year by oxford. a review in the wall street holzer calledold the book a highly original and sweeping new study. i had the good fortune to hear liz speak on the subject a few weeks ago in hampton roads, virginia and i m so glad we could have her here to speak to us. please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon. [applause] can everyone hear me? good. in his first time were message to congress delivered july 4, 1861 abraham lincoln casts secession as the work of a small band of conspirators who had duped and cowed the south into submission. after drugging the public mind of their section for more than 30 years as lincoln put it, relied on coercion to bring many good men to a willingness to take up arms against the government. there s much reason to believe
good evening, everybody. my name is audrey stewart and i am so pleased to welcome you one of the latest books by healthcare needs a feminist revolution. joined tonight in conversation. we are kicking off a new series before we get started i want to let you know the culture of greed and jody and her and megan will discuss their co-authored a book she said breaking the sexual harassment story that has ignited a movement. we have a few tickets left for the ones of you are interested, check out the events sooner rather than later. tonight we will take questions and have a signing at the table. if you haven t already you can find a copy of everything below the waist at the register. we are pleased to have c-span book tv taping tonight s event. when asking questions during the q&a please know you are being recorded and please wait a moment before the microphone can come to you before you ask your question and i want to take a moment to say thank you for buying books from the bookst
women during the u.s. civil war. you all read a primary source of documents, written by a woman who participated in the civil war, louisa may alcott who worked as a nurse. we will start off our class today by looking at hospital sketches, which all of you should have available to you and out ready to chat about the source. the big question that we are posing and investigating today is how did women s voluntarism shape their choices that they made during the civil war, there is two questions and how did the voluntarism influence the outcome or effect the outcome of the civil war. those are our overarching questions that we are looking at today. we start with louisa may alcott. and her hospital sketches which was published during the war, serialized and published, americans who read the magazine that was published could read about her experiences in a civil war era hospital. let s start i would like to hear your thoughts about this account of civil war hospitals. what did you
i m hear what women in white coats olivia campbell authors of the doctors blackwell how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women and women to medicine, women in white coats and how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine. please start submitting your questions now. welcome olivia and janice. to get things kicked off i d love for you to tell me about your books. olivia would you like to start? sure. my book is about victorian women among the first practicing in das who were women in the victorian era. they decided after receiving such terrible sexism and their attempt to get an m.d. they had to work together to establish a medical pool for women and they established the school medical school for women. and the doctors blackwell blackwell elizabeth blackwell is the first woman in the country to receive a medical degree in 1849 and her sister emily who is five years younger was recruited into the field by her older sister and became the t