And im the director of Community Partnerships for theMassachusetts Historical Society. Our program this evening is a seasonal, its a look at the tradition of Summer Reading we are joined by professor donna harringtonlueker on her new publication gavin kleespies, 19th century publishing the rise of Summer Reading. She is a passer in Newport Rhode island and she has an undergraduate degree from rhode island and phd. As a former magazine writer and editor, Research Interests include 19thcentury print culture, womens magazines on any period and radical or alternative press. Before we begin id like to extend a special welcome to anyone joining the Virtual Program for the first time. If youre not familiar with the Massachusetts Historical Society we are the first Historical Society in america and have been preserving publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold a collection of 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the unitedstates. Or im
Editor Whose Research interests include 19th century print culture, womens magazines and the radical alternative press. Before we began i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining virtual mh programs. If youre definitely with her society where the first historical site in america and have been collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold an amazing collection of close to 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the United States. Sorry, three of the first six president s of the United States, i misspoke. We are continuing to collect today, and if youre interested we are currently collecting material related to the covid19 experience. We have a special initiative designed to record peoples experiences trying this unusual time and preserve a diverse sampling, firsthand accounts for future generations. In these days of social distancing we have taken to hosting virtual programs and onlin
Minutes. I. [applause] one more round of applause for speaker pelosi. [applause] this is my favorite georgetown tradition. Ten years ago we started the tradition of having an iconic figure has made a profound difference in politics talk to the firstyear class. Weve had justice kagan. We had justice breyer. We had our own. But the person who appeared year after year was justice ginsburg. Justice ginsburg her husband was on our faculty. She really cared so profoundly for this community. Every year whenever we invited her, she would come. We decided to name this lecture series in her honor. So this year she spoke. And then the second year she got proctor and trent secretary of state clinton. Im trying to think how do we keep up with this incredible tradition . We figured it out. The honorable speaker nancy pelosi. [applause] so she does not really need an introduction. Fiftysecond speaker of the house of representatives. She made history in 2007 when she was the first woman elected to ser
Other television providers. Giving a front row seat to democracy. Former House Speaker nancy pelosi spoke about her years of Public Service at a lectures to students at drop georgetown law jumper device reflected on former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg for whom the was made its an hour and 15 minutes. I. [applause] one more round of applause for speaker pelosi. [applause] this is my favorite georgetown tradition. Ten years ago we started the tradition of having an iconic figure has made a profound difference in politics talk to the firstyear class. Weve had justice kagan. We had justice breyer. We had our own. But the person who appeared year after year was justice ginsburg. Justice ginsburg her husband was on our faculty. She really cared so profoundly for this community. Every year whenever we invited her, she would come. We decided to name this lecture series in her honor. So this year she spoke. And then the second year she got proctor and trent secretary of state clint
In the afterword to his novel, "American Scholar," author Patrick Horrigan notes that it was a historical coincidence that inspired him to write his book, and how his own life affair paralleled his scholarly subject.