Done at library of congress which is sponsoring todays events. Its a wonderful institution. The beautiful buildings, theyre such Important Research materials there. And its all available free. These Public Access high braerz are really one ofst things that make our nation great. Now this is a self selecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is. But a lot of people dont. So lets start by asking this question. How many of you know who Francis Perkins is . Oh, yes. This is great. Good, good, good. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security . Please raise your hand. How many of you know someone who is receiving Unemployment Insurance or who has ever received Unemployment Compensation . How many of you know someone working a 40hour week . More or less. Frances pirngs work. How many of you know a 12yearold who has quit going to school so she can work fulltime in a factory . Frances perkins work, her ban on child labor enacted in the fair standar
Because the entire book and the life of Francis Perkins were in the streets around this building and ill explain to you how that happened, and much of the research was done at the library of congress which is sponsoring todays, vents. Its a wonderful institution. The beautiful buildings. Theres such Important Research materials there and it is all available free and these Public Access libraries are really one of the things that make our nation great, and im very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give us such wonderful material. Now, this is a selfselecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is, but a lot of people dont, so lets start by asking this question. How many of you know who Francis Perkins is . Oh, yes. This is great. Good, good, good. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security . Please raise your hand. How many of you know someone who is receiving Unemployment Insurance or who has ever recei
The new deal, the life of Francis Perkins. Fdrs secretary of labor and his moral conscience. This was part of the ninth annual festival in washington d. C. The book festival in the national mall. inaudible the streets around these building. I will explain to you how that happened. Much of the research was done at library of congress which is sponsoring todays events. It is a wonderful institution. The beautiful buildings. They are such Important Research materials there. It is all available free. It is Public Access libraries. They are one of the things that make our nation great. I am very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give us such wonderful material. This is a self selecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is, but a lot of people do not. Let us start by asking this question. How many of you know who Francis Perkins is . Yes this is great good how many of you know someone on Social Security please raise your hand. H
Now this is a self selecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Frances Perkins is, but a lot of people dont. So, lets start by asking this question. How many of you know who Frances Perkins is . Oh, yes. This is great. Good, good, good. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security . Please raise your hand. How many of you know someone who is receiving Unemployment Insurance or who has ever received Unemployment Compensation . How many of you know someone working a 40hour week . More or less. Frances pirngs work. How many of you know a 12yearold who has quit going to school so she can work fulltime in a factory . Frances perkins work, her ban on child labor enacted in the fair standards act made it possible to keep kids in School Longer instead of in mills and factories. Its awfully noisy here. I want to talk more so you know about the breadth of Frances Perkins accomplishments. A middleaged woman waited expectantly to meet with her employer at his residence
Company. As a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Welcome everybody, i am the dean at the Journalism School and im very pleased to welcome you to tonights conversation with the 2020 prizewinners, i am sorry we are conducting this conversation virtually rather than in the room at columbia, i hope her back together again next year and the way we annually celebrate these wonderful awards in the memory of one of the great nonfiction narrative writers of any generation, certainly a great influence on the generation of writers that i grew up around. And probably among the folks who are being honored tonight. What were going to do tonight is try to concentrate on the substance rather than the ceremony since zoom is not a capacious place to exchange awards and the like so we will have a series of conversations with our four winners and then walk us through that, when we are done we will take your questions in chat and we will try to wrap up in an hour using the