Whatever gadgets you may have. So they dont interfere with our system here. Thank you, now, as you know warehouse tonight is Justice Sonia sotomayor, we are very pleased to have the justice with those tonight. I want to thank her on behalf of the society for giving her time, when we call upon her to participate in events like this. Because its quite important to us, and quite important to you. And we marry much appreciate it. Ill tell you briefly a little bit about the justice. She is a native new yorker, born in the bronx, very unhappy about last nights baseball game i guess, the boston red sox. She did her undergraduate work at princeton, and then to yell last school. Then joined the District Attorney in new york county, as an assistant District Attorney. After several years there in private practice in new york she was a litigator in the International Commercial law. That attracted attention and before long she had become a Federal District judge on the Southern District of new york
Blue and Herbert Hoover came to the white house is trained geologists, an experience world travelers who were successful in both the private and public sectors. But just months into hoovers term, the market crashed. First Lady Lou Hoover used her office to advocate volunteer is a man charity, but as the Great Depression deep into, theyre one term and it amidst great public frustration. Good evening, and welcome to first ladies influence an image. Tonight the story of Lou Henri Hoover the. Hoover administration in 1929 to 1933 and what an interesting life she had. Here to tell us about her years before the white house as we get started tonight is annette dunn lap. Historian author first ladies biographer scholar with the Hoover Institution and working on a biography of Lou Henri Hoover. What is to just interested you to dispensable years of your life looking into this one. I got interested in her with talking with a friend of mine through the library up in canton ohio and when i started
In vietnam. And earned a masters degree in history from George Washington university in 1971. He currently lives in middleburg, virginia. And is a member of the library of Virginia Foundation board. He has been a former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly in washington, d. C. He has written for Many National newspapers and magazines, among many others, the smithsonian, the washington post, the New York Times, baltimore sun, chicago tribune, and the Christian Science monitor and usa today. He is the author of five books, including the one that hell be speaking on today, including, saving monticello, published by the free press in 2001. A book that received excellent reviews and offered the First Complete postjefferson history of this american icon. The book reveals an amazing story how one jewish family saved monticello for posterity and used the house as a family home for 89 years, which is longer than the tenure of the jeffersons at monticello. Mr. Leepsons newest book is flag an
A former fellow of the Virginia Foundation for the humanities. She has written on the Tobacco Industry, the rise of ezbrets and the grassroots fight to battle climate change. Her Research Explores how organized Interest Groups and Everyday Americans influence government policy. And today is day two of the publication of the cigarette. Please welcome sarah milov. [ applause ] thank you so much for being here. Its such a treat and an honor for an historian of the United States to come and speak at the National Archives. The other day, i saw that the twitter account of the National Archives tweeted out information about this event. And i thought, you know, as a historian, it was kind of like having yourself name checked by beyonce. I mean, this is the mohr ship. So thank you all so much for coming. So, my book, the cigarette a political history, seeks to understand tobacco in modern america, not through the lens of big tobacco and the machinations of industry, but through the efforts of E
And american Political Institutions throughout American History and describes a shift in attitude toward tobacco use. She is a back professor of history. A former fellow of the Virginia Foundation for humanities. She has written on the tobacco and the, ecigarettes, fight to battle climate change. The research describes how Everyday Americans influence government policy. Today is day two of the publication. Lease welcome sarah milov [applause] thank you so much for being here. Honorsuch a treat and an for a historian to come and speak at the National Archives. The other day i saw that the twitter account of the National Archives tweeted out information about this event and i thought as an historian it was kind of namehaving yourself checked by beyonce. This is the mothership so thank you all for coming. Cigarette a political history, seeks to understand tobacco not through the lens of big tobacco and the industry but through the efforts of Everyday Americans to get the government to int