So, all of you, thank you for your support and to the kids for just saying no. Thank you. [ applause ] my hope is that the women of the future will feel truly free to follow whatever paths their talents and their Natures Point to. I think they thought that the white house was so glamorous and your role was so what you did was so glamorous, your life was so glamorous, and all they saw were the parties and the meeting people and, you know and ive got to tell you, i never worked harder in my life. Nancy reagan served as longtime political partner, fiercest protector, and ultimately as the caretaker for president Ronald Reagan. An involved first lady, she was active in key staff decisions and policymaking and in campaigning. She made drug use her signature white house issue with her just say no campaign. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series first ladies influence and image. Tonight, were going to tell you the story of anne frances robbins, known to us all as nancy reagan, the wife of
Public transportation used to require that everybody who bought a monthly pass had to have a gender marker m for mail or f for female on their past and this created a lot of what i call sex identity discrimination within the city and in particular one transgender woman who was a friend of mine and an activist in philadelphia brought a lawsuit against the company for gender identity information because when she offered her marked pass she was turned away as the individual bus driver said you cant use this because in my opinion you are not a real woman and so she brought back a pass with an m sticker on it and the same thing happened. You are not a real man. This got me thinking you know in that case its pretty clear that there is no legitimate reason to have our sex identity marked on a pass to get on a bus. In the city of philadelphia that tech activism to get the sex stickers removed from this bus pass. Eventually the city got rid of them but it never admitted that it had discriminate
[applause] john thank you. Its an honor to be here. A great thing to be talking about George Washington. In itself it tells us a lot. Had you get interested in the project and why is the interest today. Imagine if the first Founding Fathers sat down with Alexander Hamilton in James Madison and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared. Rooted in the lessons of his life and understanding of history. He did. That is the farewell address. It was the philadelphia executive mansion on market six street. And he wrote it over years as the autobiography of his ideas. And it really was the sum total of his hardwon wisdom, john all the aspects of his life as a soldier, surveyor, father, statesman. Washington doesnt always get the respect he deserves as a thinker. As a man of great wisdom. He wasnt a shining wit. He was enormously insecure. As opposed to the great confidence he felt as a general, as a farmer. He really did cultivate his character conscious
[applause] john thank you. Its an honor to be here. A great thing to be talking about George Washington. In itself it tells us a lot. Had you get interested in the project and why is the interest today. Imagine if the first Founding Fathers sat down with Alexander Hamilton in James Madison and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared. Rooted in the lessons of his life and understanding of history. He did. That is the farewell address. It was the philadelphia executive mansion on market six street. And he wrote it over years as the autobiography of his ideas. And it really was the sum total of his hardwon wisdom, john all the aspects of his life as a soldier, surveyor, father, statesman. Washington doesnt always get the respect he deserves as a thinker. As a man of great wisdom. He wasnt a shining wit. He was enormously insecure. As opposed to the great confidence he felt as a general, as a farmer. He really did cultivate his character conscious
Signing following this program. So please join me today and welcoming my guess, john. [applause] john i am honored to be here. It is a great thing to talk about George Washington. [laughter] it tells us a lot. John, how did you get interested in the project, and why is it of interest today to think of washingtons farewell address . John imagine if George Alexander set out hamilton in james madison, and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared that could destroy our democratic republic . Wrote the word lessons of his life and understanding of history . He did not. That is the farewell address. He wrote it a block from here. He wrote it over a period of years as the autobiography of his ideas. And it really was the total of his hard wisdom, drawing on all the aspects of his life. As a soldier, a surveyor, farmer, a statesman, and washington does not always get the respect he deserves as a thinker. As a man of great wisdom. He wasnt the most brill