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A little bit about her publications, which are multiple awardwinning, her most recent book is bound in wedlock slave and free black marriage in the nineteenth century. Published in 2017. A book about African Americans and marriage in the 19th century, a winner of multiple awards. And a variety of other prizes. The list goes on and on. Let me mention her first book about women after the civil war. Another multiple prizewinning book. Dr. Hunter has agreed to come here today and talk with us specifically about the history of emancipation, the end of slavery during the civil war, a topic always on peoples agenda for teaching and discussion but particularly widely discussed earlier this summer the anniversary of juneteenth. That is what got us started thinking about inviting her to speak with us about that history, which is complicated, exciting, and always in need of clarification. Let me turn it over to tera hunter to talk a littl ....
First going tohe jackson bodegas life. When she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer and met and married future president john f. Kennedy. Welcome. Mr. Anthony thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the White House Historical association today and very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. I have to tell you, as is often said, a parent should not really have, per se, a favorite child, and i think an author perhaps should not have a favorite book. But i will say that the research of this book and then the unique promotion that i did for the book will always be a very important part of my life. I started writing this book and researching this book at a time when the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the hardings firsthand. Of course, they had been young children, one or two ....
Announcer up next, Carl Sferrazza anthony, author of Florence Harding the first lady, the jazz age, and the death of americas most scandalous president , discusses the life of the woman married to president warren g. Harding. Dispels some myths around her time in the white house. The White House Historical association hosted this event and provided the video. Ms. Mann today we are welcoming Carl Sferrazza anthony, the author of several books on president ial families including four biographies and a conference of overview of all the first families. He wrote a two volume history, an inside view of 200 years inside the white house. He served as a consultant to the first ladys exhibit and was the National Fi ....
Hi, im kate and im the curator of votes for women. Im standing in front of what we call our title treatment. It is a large blowup of a german born actress. The allegorical figure that represents the United States during the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington, d. C. Thats just one event of the long Suffrage Movement this exhibition highlights. We have 124 objects of this long history bringing it right up to 1920. But also the 19th amendment. And what it didnt do to enfranchise all women including women with color. I then took the exhibition up to the voting right acts of 1965. If you come with me were going to explore the 1913 parade more indepth. We are standing in front of the photo postcards of the 1913 parade. It was organized by alice paul. This was a completely different tactic than what had been done before with other suffragists. I was paul was trying to cre ....