But will be with us tomorrow talking about her new book. Im very pleased today, im catherine clinton, i teach at the university of texas in san antonio, and im here to moderate the panel but as all of you are aware, interject whenever i enthusiastically have some ideas that maybe we could share. Our two panelists will share comments and views with you and im going to comment and we would like to open it up to you for your questions. So i want to begin today by saying that my friend candy, candice shy hooper was born in guam to usa Navy Hospital corpsman and his wife and she attended more than half a dozen schools before her high school graduation. With an undergraduate degree in journalism from the university jaju and a law degraaik÷2 from georgetown university. It was only after her career on capitol hill as an aide to the late congressman charlie wilson, some of you may have seen him portrayed in Charlie Wilsons war and as a lobbyist with her husband she discovered her passion, ret
Wives four women who influenced the civil war for better and for worse. Hooper served as press secretary and legislative assistant to the late texas of assistant Charlie Wilson before becoming ice president of a Multinational Energy company. She then joined a major new York Law Firm as legislative council. With her husband, she later found that the lobbying firm cooper, uber, and a win. She holds a journalism degree from the university of illinois, a law degree from georgetown, and a master of arts from George Washington university. Her writing has been published in the journal of military history and the new york times. She has lectured at the u. S. Naval academy. In addition to serving on these founding board of directors at president lincolns cottage, she serves on the Advisory Board of foundation. Grant coceo. Ain is the she integrates our management role at the network with that of with that as on camera interview were sitting down with president s and first ladies. 20132014, she
Found a lobbying firm hooper, hooper and awin. She holds a journalism degree from the university of illinois, a law degree from georgetown, and a master of arts from George Washington university. Her writing has been published in the journal of military history and the new york times. She has lectured at the u. S. Naval academy. In addition to serving on the founding board of directors at president lincolns cottage, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Ulysses Grant foundation. Susan swain is the coceo. She integrates our management role at the network with that as on camera interviewer sitting down with president s and first ladies. During 20132014, she was a host of cspans special biography history first ladies. This was the ninth book project she has led working with public affairs. Past titles have included the Supreme Court and abraham lincoln. Each book is a special collection of cspan interviews edited to retain the unique perspective of their featured subjects. Historians ha
Thank you so much for being here today. My name is candace and i work with some of the events here. I want to welcome you. I just wanted to go over a few logistics. Make sure your cell phones are on silent. We are recording this event this afternoon and we also had cspan here with us today. Not having any interruptions would be great. We will have an hourlong presentation here which the half will be for questions. We had one microphone on the side here. If you would wouldnt mind using that for your questions then we can pick up on the recording. Then finally, we typically ask that you fold up you your chairs at the end of the event. If you could leave them where they are today. I am so pleased to be welcoming candice hooper. We will see her new book lincolns generals wives. This book but as a detail and lively account of four women during the civil war using letters memoirs in the extensive travel reports. The group biography of Jessie Fremont, Nelly Mcclellan, julia grant each married
Thats already entering territory that we should have some moral concerns about. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here today. My name is candace. I work with some of the events here in the store, and on bea half of the owners and the rest of the staff, i want to welcome you to politics prose. If you wouldnt mind taking out your cell phones and making sure that they are on silent, we are recording this event this afternoon, and we also have cspan here with us today, so not having any interruptions would be great. Were going to have about an hourlong presentation here with half the time given to our authors presentation and the other half given to your questions. We have one microphone on the side here. If you wouldnt mind using that for your question, we can pick it up on the recording, and everyone will be able to hear you. And then finally, we typically ask that you fold up your