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
The United States is continually changing in number, location and composition. In the early days of our country, there were only 4 million people, mostly agricultural populations scattered along the eastern seaboard. By 1850, the country had spread far westward and had a population of 23 million, the most of whom lived on farms. In recent years, populations have begun to shift to urban centers. Since 1930, there have been great changes in the population of the United States, and the bureau of census is faced with the task of finding out exactly just how many people are in the United States, where they live, how old they are, what their education is, whether they have jobs and what kind of work they do. A schedule has been drawn up to get these facts and supporting data. If the 1940 census is going to have the value it should, the enumerators will have to get information from every individual in the nation. This will require great care. If each enumerator missed eight names, it would un
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
Agricultural populations scattered along the eastern seaboard. By 1850, the company had spread far westward and had a population of 23 million, the great majority of whom lived on farms. In recent years, populations have begun to shift to urban centers. Even since 1930, there have been great changes in the population of the United States, and the bureau of census is faced with the task of finding out exactly just how many people are in the United States, where they live, how old they are, what their education is, whether they have jobs, and what kind of work they do. The schedule has been drawn up to get these facts and supporting data. If the 1940 census is going to have the value it should, the enumerators will have to get the full record of each person in this nation. This will require great care. If each enumerator missed eight names in his district, it would undercut the population understate the population of the nation by one million persons, or a city the size of cleveland. The