News accounts and reading what i could find to read and trying to make some sense of what had happened. And during that, i came across an editorial online. And that short editorial helped me understand the importance of gay bars and clubs in a way that i have never understood before. Of how important they are. As gathering places and as places of activism. Places of great significance in American History. I decided that day that we had to bring that author to birmingham so she could share her insights and research with us. And we are very pleased that we have been able to do that. She is a professor of history at santa clara university. She began teaching her course in title lesbian and gays in history in 2004. The sample class can be viewed on the cspan online library. Her work on lgbtq history is featured in her 2012 book, beyond natures housekeepers. She is also the winner of studies in progressivism and her articles have appeared in newspapers and websites. Including the miami hera
The Smithsonian Associates and the International Spy museum cohosted this 80 minute event. Good to see all of you here. I am a historian and curator. Some of you i know, some of you i am meeting for the first time. I would like to welcome all of you to the spy museum and spy seminar, where we focus on the spies of the American Revolution. The first two weeks centered on wellknown personalities. You have the , which has an entire tv show dedicated to it now, and ben franklin is of course ben franklin. Next week, we will look at the most infamous spy in u. S. History, Benedict Arnold. The relative obscurity of James Lafayette is what will make this morning so interesting. He is someone we should know more about. His impact on World History is well known. Historians are just now beginning to piece it together to find out new information and understand his impact on the revolution and figure out how he sits among the great heroes and villains of american intelligence history. Katherine egn