Good evening, everyone. I am valerie paley. I am director of the center for womens history, and i and so delighted to welcome you to the york the New York Historical society and womens center. We are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the United States, and its about time. [applause] valerie i will not take too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator. She is the postdoctoral fellow in womens history in public history here at New York Historical. She is a fantastic scholar, human being, and colleague and i am so glad they are with us at an important moment. I also want to do a special shout out to the womens foundation, four years ago they melon foundation, four years ago they gave us a giant vote of confidence and a lovely grant to get the center up and running. We are here, and we are here to stay. Really happy about that. She went to Columbia University and got their phd there, as did i more than a couple of yea
Other professions across the country. Next, on American History tv, a look at the challenges the union faced in fighting for workers rights and the role of minority women in the government industry. The New York Historical Society Center for womens history hosted this hour long discussion. Good evening, everyone. I am valerie paley. I am director for the center for womens history and i am so delighted to welcome you to the New York Historical society and to the center this evening. If you do not know about us, its time you did. We are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the United States and its about time. [applause] im not going to take too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator, Nick Juravich, who is a post doctoral fellow in womens history and public history here at New York Historical. Nick is a fantastic scholar and human being and colleague and i am so absolutely thrilled that hes with us at a very importan
I welcome you to the Historical Society and center this eechk. If you do not know about us, its time you did. We are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the United States. And its about time. Im not going to take too much time, too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shoutout to our moderator, post doctoral fellow in womens history and public history here at new york his r historical. Nick is a fantastic scholar and human being and colleague and i am so absolutely thrilled that hes been with us at a very important moment in the development of the center. I also want to do a special shoutout to the Melon Foundation itself, which about four years ago, gave us a giant vote of confidence and very lovely grant to get the center up and running because at the Melon Foundation, we are here and we are here to stay. And really, really happy about that. In any case, nick went to columbia university, got his phd there just a couple of years ago, as
The panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator, she was the post doctoral fellow in womens history, and public history here at New York Historical nick is a fantastic scholar, and human being, and colleague, and i am so absolutely thrilled that he is here with us, at a very important moment in the development of the center. I also want to do a special shout out to the milk foundation, which about four years ago gave us a giant vote of confidence, and helped us to get the center up and running. So, because of the foundation, we are here and we are here to stay. And we are really happy about that. In any case, nick juravich, when you column university, ph. D. Student just a couple of years ago, as did i, more than a couple of years ago. But, starting in september, 2019, he will be assistant professor of labour and public history at university of massachusetts, in boston. We will be desolate when he leaves by law he is very fortunate to have boston except him. Our [ap
Hello, im darn jordan. And joe, how the tall stories here now to 0, the Un General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn russias move to annex spots of ukraine. A 143 countries voted in favor of the resolution that reaffirms ukraine, sovereignty and territorial integrity. Only 4 nations, but russia, syria, nicaragua, north korea, and bella roost. And this one passed with the most support of any of the prior resolutions. Its an attempt by ukraine and its backers to keep russia under pressure, keep the spotlight on the country and show that its isolated on the international stage. There were some abstentions 35 of them. Thats similar to the right previous votes among the abstentions 2 very large and influential countries, china and india. China said that the resolution reflected a cold war mentality and in their view was not conducive to bring the parties together for peace talks. But the United States and other countries that back ukraine said that quite simply, this is a matter