What america should be. The northerners who won had an idea of what america should be. The indians and the chinese at out west had ideas about what america should be and certainly the northern men who had won the war had ideas about what the country should be. The critical question as to what it was going to be was who was going to have a say in it. We have gone to that as well, but who had a say in what that new nation was going to be was going to have a dramatic affect on what it eventually became. Today i want to talk about women and womens lives in the late 19th century and their role in what was really the reconstruction, the true rebuilding of the north, south, and the west into a new nation in the wake of the civil war. The story of women is more crucial to that story than most people realize. Most people when they think about womens rights in america start here and you probably know about this from high school, the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 when a number of women came tog
The anniversary of the firing on fort sumter, everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become. We have gone through that with the idea that africanamerican men who had fought for the union what americas of should be, and certainly white southerners had in idea about what america should be. The northerners who won had an idea of what america should be. The indians and the chinese at out west had ideas about what america should be and certainly the northern men who had won the war had ideas about what the country should be. The critical question as to what it was going to be was who was going to have a say in it. We have gone to that as well, but who had a say in what that new nation was going to be was going to have a dramatic affect on what it eventually became. Today i want to talk about women and womens lives in the late 19th century and their role in what was really the reconstruction, the true rebuilding of the north, south, and the west into a new nation
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Elizabeth tonight the battle to reopen. With us Sidney Powell, also on the battle between the fbi and mike flynn. House judiciary want a probe fbi corruption, republicans there. We have with us tonight former congressman Jason Chaffetz and byron york. Lets kick off the show with senator rounds from south dakota. Great to have you, sir. Thank you. Appreciate the opportunity to visit with you. Elizabeth your reaction to what the president is saying and the fight to reopen . Two dozen states pushing to reopen. There is a push back against that. There is a fear cases will spike higher if you do that. What is your take . We have to do both. We have to keep our workers safe. We have to use some good ol common sense but we have to open up our economy as well. In this country we can make that happen. Im convinced right now if we have the proper equipment and testing and weve got aways to go on testing but if we get the property equipment and proper testing, if people use common sense, keep the
Elizabeth tonight the battle to reopen. With us Sidney Powell, also on the battle between the fbi and mike flynn. House judiciary want a probe fbi corruption, republicans there. We have with us tonight former congressman Jason Chaffetz and byron york. Lets kick off the show with senator rounds from south dakota. Great to have you, sir. Thank you. Appreciate the opportunity to visit with you. Elizabeth your reaction to what the president is saying and the fight to reopen . Two dozen states pushing to reopen. There is a push back against that. There is a fear cases will spike higher if you do that. What is your take . We have to do both. We have to keep our workers safe. We have to use some good ol common sense but we have to open up our economy as well. In this country we can make that happen. Im convinced right now if we have the proper equipment and testing and weve got aways to go on testing but if we get the property equipment and proper testing, if people use common sense, keep the