My name is nancy widen, i am the owner of the strand along with my dad, fred bass, who usually can be found in the buying desk on the main floor. Ninety years ago my grandfather, benjamin bass, founded the strand on fourth avenue, right around the corner. It was an area that was known as book row. It ran from about the 1880s to about is about the 1970s, and at its height there were 48 bookstores. Today were till run by my family. Were the sole survivor of decades of big box stores, amazon, ebooks, and we hold our 18 miles of books of new, rare and old. And tonight i am delighted that were going to hear a truly inspiring story from the halls of the psychiatric ward that was born and bred right here in new york city. When a mentally ill inmate is too sick to handle, they are sent to Bellevue Hospital psychiatric prison ward. Dr. Elizabeth ford wrote about her experiences in this new memoir, sometimes Amazing Things happen. This is a place where problem our Society Faces with the incarcer
My name is nancy widen, i am the owner of the strand along with my dad, fred bass, who usually can be found in the buying desk on the main floor. Ninety years ago my grandfather, benjamin bass, founded the strand on fourth avenue, right around the corner. It was an area that was known as book row. It ran from about the 1880s to about is about the 1970s, and at its height there were 48 bookstores. Today were till run by my family. Were the sole survivor of decades of big box stores, amazon, ebooks, and we hold our 18 miles of books of new, rare and old. And tonight i am delighted that were going to hear a truly inspiring story from the halls of the psychiatric ward that was born and bred right here in new york city. When a mentally ill inmate is too sick to handle, they are sent to Bellevue Hospital psychiatric prison ward. Dr. Elizabeth ford wrote about her experiences in this new memoir, sometimes Amazing Things happen. This is a place where problem our Society Faces with the incarcer
Forbes contributor. Samantha is the editor of the New York Times anthology torn, a recognized speaker on women and work, a contributor to women at forbes, the Huffington Post and disney interactive. Please join me in welcoming Heather Cabot and sam that wall raven. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Wow, we really appreciate you coming out on a rainy night like this x this is a super exciting moment for us because, first of all, were in the same city, which we rarely are. I live in new york, and sam lives in San Francisco. But this really is the evening before geek girl rising comes out. So its a really special moment for us. And to kick things off, just to give you a taste of what the book is about, were going to show you a little trailer first. So lets roll the video. [laughter] i think that women now understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to get ahead. I have a female manager, and shes the one who hand picked me and advocates for me and pushes me be
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight i have the pleasure of introducing samantha as they join us to discuss the new book by former news correspondent adjunct professor at Columbia University grad school of journalism and a woman at forbes contributor. And Disney Interactive so please join me in welcoming heather and samantha. [applause] thank you. We appreciate you coming out on a night like this this is an exciting moment for us because we are in the same city but this is the evening before it comes out to two kick things off i want to show you a little book trailer first. I think that women understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to get ahead. I have a female manager and pushed me beyond my roles. So many women have been able to work the typical jobs given the opportunity to travel and Everything Else they want [inaudible] ive picked the groups up before and they dont necessarily get it. They see value in it and compassion i have focomepassiond immedi
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight i have the pleasure of introducing samantha as they join us to discuss the new book by former news correspondent adjunct professor at Columbia University grad school of journalism and a woman at forbes contributor. And Disney Interactive so please join me in welcoming heather and samantha. [applause] thank you. We appreciate you coming out on a night like this this is an exciting moment for us because we are in the same city but this is the evening before it comes out to two kick things off i want to show you a little book trailer first. I think that women understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to get ahead. I have a female manager and pushed me beyond my roles. So many women have been able to work the typical jobs given the opportunity to travel and Everything Else they want [inaudible] ive picked the groups up before and they dont necessarily get it. They see value in it and compassion i have focomepassiond immedi