transports loaded with lumber on its way to hawaii. by tomorrow morning, the members of congress will have a full report and be ready for action. you ve been listening to some of eleanor roosevelt s radio address hours after the attack on pearl harbor in 1941. in fact, she gave that address before her husband, fdr, even spoke to the nation. for the next two hours, we re going to get to know this transformational first lady. she s consistently ranked first in first ladies and we re going to look at her life, relationship and her time in the white house from 1933 to 1945. well, good evening and welcome to cspan s first lady s influence and image series. joining us to evening to talk about eleanor roosevelt, anita black who s the leader of the project at george washington university, and a historian. and another historian, who s also an author from rice university. thank you both for being here with us this evening. doug, briefly, march, 1933. the roosevelts are being inaugu
so let me remind you of how the festival works. we are going to happen author speak now for 30 minutes, followed by a ten minute q&a, and then i walk the author out to the front of the visitors center to sign books, and you can purchase her book and a new deal bookstore and then meet the author and discuss the book even more. so our next author today is sandra bolzenius. she is a teacher and a story. for two decades she lived abroad first as a soldier in the united states army serving in germany and later as a teacher in international schools in europe, africa and asia. she earned her doctorate in history at ohio state university where our focus on gender, african-american history, gender and african american history link to the publication of a book glory in their spirit: how four black women took on the army during world war ii. she is active in the national grassroots movement moved to amend. for occupation, travels state of the net is reflector interest in the dynamics
the marketplace and lounge. we ve discussed running, now we re going to focus on leading. this segment of our program is dedicated to women who are takings risks, changing the narrative, rev rabbling their power and drive lev rabbling their people and driving change. to kick off the leading portion of our program, it s my pleasure to introduce a powerhouse panel, the creators behind the movie, and it s the true story of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg and one of her first cases as a hour, which turned out to be a career-defining one. i used to work in hollywood, so i m especially looking forward to this conversation where we ll be talking about the movie, ruth bader ruth bader ginsburg s influence. to our audience, use the hashtag rule with us, and so let s get started. with me today is movie star felicity jones and the screen writer, daniel stiepleman. hello. [applause] thank you all for being here today. before we actually dive into the film, i wanted to zoo
some of these women participated in sit-ins and other actions to be sure but even when their own work was very visible such as holidays and simone songs hansbury s plays and moody s encounter at woolworths as we talked about last time. there are full contribution to the civil rights struggle is not always widely appreciated as those who have used the power of words. they are also a time together the expanding protest of our time and of their era interestingly too all of them spent some time in new york city echoing a theme first articulated in harlem renaissance. novelist, jesse redmond fawcett s work plumb bun as you remember of new york as a place to start over to live a freer fuller life these five resisting the oppressive expectations of their time that they face because of their race and gender especially in small towns thus chose to move in or near new york, especially when they were young. the causes are group embraced were essential for bringing rights for all people
singing to create a better future for black people in our country polymari billie holiday lorraine hansberry, nina simone and anne moody. why choose these five women you may ask as writers their work highlights a significant element of the civil rights movement, and it also broadens the more well-known narrative on the key participants from this time. some of these women participated in sit-ins and other actions to be sure but even when their own work was very visible such as holidays and simone songs hansbury s plays and moody s encounter at woolworths as we talked about last time. there are full contribution to the civil rights struggle is not always widely appreciated as those who have used the power of words. they are also a time together the expanding protest of our time and of their era interestingly too all of them spent some time in new york city echoing a theme first articulated in harlem renaissance. novelist, jesse redmond fawcett s work plumb bun as you remember o