Professor bain Carolyn Sachs book was groundbreaking. She was one of the first to examine the contributions of women to u. S. Agriculture, and it was this book that helped launch sociologists and other social scientists and rural historians and so forth, to look at the contributions of women who had largely been invisible up to this time. This is a nod to that groundbreaking book. Why study women in egger culture in agriculture . And i have been arguing what other scholars are arguing is that why we want to study women in agriculture specifically, and not just talk about agriculture and gene roles, is that women have always inyed a really Critical Role us, in us, in clothing sustaining Rural Communities where there are farm families, fuel ourgly helping society, and this is everywhere, not just the u. S. When we talked about agriculture, womens critical contribution was largely invisible. But when we did see it, and we will talk about that, when we did acknowledge it, it often wasnt va
Look at women and womens role in u. S. Agriculture. The title for the lecture today, on invisible woman, comes from a 1983 book, so ancient in your mind, by carolyn sachs. Sachs book was groundbreaking. She was one of the first to examine the contributions of women to u. S. Agriculture, and it was this book that helped launch work by sociologists and other social scientists and rural historians and so forth, to look at the contributions of women who had largely been invisible up to this time. This is a nod to that groundbreaking book. One of the Big Questions we have been asking in this class and posing since the first day we met is, why should we study women in agriculture . Why not just study agriculture . Why should we take a gender lens and think about the different roles . Why . Thats one of the Big Questions, right . What we have been arguing, what i have been arguing and what other scholars argue, is that why we want to study women in agriculture specifically, and why we want to
Free state although we did have laws that did challenge the freedoms for africanamericans coming here. 1825,w that as early as previous to that, there were some appear. We know that there were 55 africanamericans living here in the city and that population continued to grow. It was a slow growth but it continued to grow. We are entering what would have been the heart of the Africanamerican Community. As we crossed the site here, as you look to your right, you will see a lot of activity. You will see a large brick building in the background. An african methodist episcopal church. To 1860lding dates back nine however, the congregation dates back to 1836 when two men established what was then known as indianapolis station. To 1869lding dates back and the congregation worshiped here until 2016. The congregation was more than just a place of worship. It was a place for social activity, a place to gather. It had a school so it was educating the Africanamerican Community that would have lived
History tv is joining our spectrum Cable Partners to showcase the history of indianapolis. To watch more video from the cities on our tour, visit cspan. Org cities tour. We continue with our look at the history of indianapolis. We are driving around downtown indianapolis with our guest from the Indiana State Museum. What is your role with the museum and what are we looking at today . Curator of social history at the Indiana State Museum which means i spend a lot of time doing research and in particular africanAmerican History. Today we are glad to visit the historical locations that help to tell the story of africanamericans in indianapolis. Why were africanamericans coming to indianapolis . Many africanamericans were coming here because we were a free state although we did have laws that did challenge the freedoms for africanamericans coming here. 1825,w that as early as previous to that, there were some appear. We know that there were 55 africanamericans living here in the city and t
Recently traveled to indianapolis to learn about the rich history. To watch more history from indianapolis and other stops on our tour, visit cspan. Org cities tour. You are watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Peter talks about lessons from history that shaped temp during his Vietnam War Service and later as a businessman and leader. He is the former president , ceo and board vice chair of Marvel Entertainment. Part of anation was annual conference and washington, d. C. I am going to take the opportunity to introduce to you the founder and president of the wealth and values initiative. [applause] good morning, everyone. I want to start off by thanking the American Veteran center for this spectacular series of events. Servicetheir wonderful to our country. I also am so impressed with the quality of the young people here today. These young, high potential military leaders inspire confidence in me as a father of four with three grandkids in terms of the futur