Youre watching American History tv. Let me tell you about our speaker tonight. Wynn fellowed gallaghers books include how the post office created america, just the way you are a New York Times notable book, working on god, the power of place and new, understanding our need for novelty and change. She has written for numerous publications such as the atlantic monthly, Rolling Stone and the New York Times. If her newest book, new women in the old west from settlers to suffragists, an untold american story, is available for purchase from politics and prose. If you use the link in the chat box which is also available on our web site, youll be able to purchase the book with a 10 is discount 10 discount. Just be sure to use the code special 10 when checking out. Now, please join me in welcoming to the smithsonian Winifred Gallagher. Hi, wynn fellowed. Hi, kathy. Thanks so much, its wonderful to be with you. Before i begin, aye like to see a few id like to say a few words about the woman you
Open prairie, 15 miles from peoria. We have had but little difficulty in our journey so far. Across the illinois river, or perhaps the last time, with but little difficulty except what has been occasions by bidding farewell forever to those with whom most of us have associated all our lives. Many people came over the oregon trail between 1843, the beginning of the big migration that came west, most people walking the trail. Just imagine walking for 815 miles. It was six months of really tough, tough work. But diaries like this that are full of rich in detail and reflective of what is happening are just gems. And Abigail Scott duniway is an example of one of the great diaries. She describes what is happening between the people. She describes troubles that have been. She describes the landscape and the scenery and it is clear, you get a pretty good idea that she is a good writer. And that skill served her well later on in her career as a leader in the suffrage movement. Abigail Scott Dun
This book documents from official government and other primary sources, and secondary sources that the burning of Smyrna in September 1922 was a deliberate act executed by the Kemalist forces.