her new book. jones-rogers uses an impressive assortment of records to piece together the stories of the slave holders and the enslaved. histories of. legal documents, court records, and more. two weeks ago here we displayed the dc immans pax act. among the records generated you ll find several references to women owners. they sought compensation with freed slaved. they claimed in a a gift from her sister was only $1500. they said it had is a corrective that examines how historians have misunderstood and misrepresented white women. and they say there is an analysis of american slavery. one that is a new standard on the subject. she is an associate proefrs where she specializes in african-american history, women s and gender history, and the history of american slavery. the prize for the best doctoral dissertation in 2013. thank you so much for that invitation thank you all for coming this afternoon and spending your lunchtime with me. it is truly a pleasure to be with you h
type in the code dfw world, and you ll get 10% off, not just on suffrage, but for any books that you find that will be in your shopping cart. i want to give special thanks to our director, maise hiken for being a sponsor of the program and so much thanks to the league of women voters in dallas for being our promotional partner. and to keep up with our programs, go to dfw world.org, or if you missed a program, you can go to our you tube channel and it won t surprise you that the way to find our channel there is to type in dfw world. as i mentioned, lee is indeed a special friend of the world affairs counsel. she is the host of a terrific program on kera. it s called ceo, where she interviews global business leaders and you can catch that, if you ve migszssed one of her programs live and go to the kera web site to see some of her past programs. lee is a senior fellow at the tower center here in dallas at southern methodist university, and she also has served for a number of y
the ratification of the 19th amendment in the world affairs 1920. council of dallas-fort worth hosted this online event. jim: hi, everyone. i am jim falk. thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. joining us this afternoon is dr. ellen carol dubois. she is the author of suffrage: women s long battle for the vote. i am so pleased the conversation be with lee column a very dear , and special friend and supporter of the world affairs council. let me remind you, you can purchase a copy by going to dallas independent bookstore. please be sure to type in the code dfw world and you will get , 10% off not just on suffrage but any book in your shopping cart. i why give special thanks to our director maisie high ken for , being a sponsor of today s program. and so much thanks the league of women voters of dallas, for being our promotional partner. there were could not be more important. to keep up with our part our programs go to dfw world.org or if you missed a progra
my name is thomas dipiero of the humanities and sciences here at smu and i m pleased to welcome you. tonight s event is sponsored by the center for presidential history, and i m pleased to announce that just recently the center was moved. we were very pleased to welcome him to welcome them here because they complement the research and teaching mission of the university so well. the center for presidential history promotes the study of u.s. presidency through teaching, research, public outreach events and also through its collective memory project which is an oral history run by staff on the center who film and record archives of people who have been in various administrations as well as local officials who work closely with those administrations. the center also runs a very robust postdoctoral fellowship program. it s been in effect for about five years and it s rapidly become probably the most influential and famous fellowship program of its kind. each who completes the term
history promotes the study of u.s. presidency through teaching, research, public outreach events and also through its collective memory project which is an oral history run by staff on the center who film and record archives of people who have been in various administrations as well as local officials who work closely with those administrations. the center also runs a very robust postdoctoral fellowship program. it s been in effect for about five years and it s rapidly become probably the most influential and famous fellowship program of its kind. each who completes the term has published a book or contracted a book at a major university press such as harvard, cornell, and they all get jobs and that s a good thing. we re very proud of them. [applause] the center for presidential history complements the work we do. in addition to the work they do in their own teaching and research, they complement the department of history as well as the center for southwest studies. you ll be