National politics in the new republic, one the best book award from the societies of historians of the early american republic. Her most recent book, the field of blood violence and congress and the road to civil war, explores physical violence in 1830 and the civil war. What it suggests about the institution of congress, the nature of american sectionalism, the challenges of the young nations developing democracy, and the longstanding roots of the civil war. Welcome professor. Thank you as my pleasure to be here, its my particular pleasure to continue with the introductions, and introduced the three people who are going to be joining us on the panel today. First, catherine associate professor of history at Purdue University and an editor of made by history at the washington post. Her recent and keeping focus on the intersections between media, politics, and popular culture. With that particular emphasis on the american presidency. Her first book, showbiz politics, hollywood in america
Im delighted to see you all here, to see jean baker, author of Margaret Sanger a life of passion. Shes going to be in conversation tonight with christina page. While we often think of markets sangers at 46 amara street in brownsville, she started that clinic after being a nurse here and the Lower East Side. Here she was a cohort of emma goldman, who will be discussing and just two weeks. Tonights top is just not fitting because it is surprisingly timely, it is fitting because there is a good chance that Margaret Sanger knew one or more of the immigrant women who lived in our tenement a few doors down and 97 orchard street. Tonights guest jean baker is professor of history at of university in baltimore. Shes the author of several books, including sisters the life of american suffrage is. Professor baker has done a remarkable job telling the story of our newest subject market sanger and a highly compelling biography. Publisher weekly boasts best known as an advocate for spearheading the
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Former Research Professor of history and International Affairs at george, washington university. Professor black is recognized as a leading expert on Eleanor Roosevelt and the universal declaration of human rights and is ridden and edited to 10 books as well as a variety of articles on women politics in human rights policy. She has also curated exhibits on human rights for president ial libraries and other renowned repositories and has received awards from three universities for her commitment to students and her teaching she currently also serves as a Senior Advisor to former secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton. The spark for this evenings forum is a new biography of David Nicholas titled simply eleanor, which is now out in paperback. This is the perfect biography for our times rights walter isaacson, the story of a determined woman who willed herself to become the voice for the voiceless a fighter for freedom and a tribute to the nobility of americas true values this comprehens
here is the bottom line, the notion that barack obama doesn t know what he s doing is just he knows exactly what is. doing memorize 25-second speech. there it is everybody. two questions, no doubt that chris christie no matter what you think of him politically is a gifted speaker. that wasn t all done there was a lot of prep that goes into that moment watching how another candidate conducts himself. and knowing how to pull it apart. talk us through the mechanics of it. and talks or whether you know you think ron desantis will live through that moment? chris christie s great what he does. i talk about that moment in the book. he says some of the airlines are to be spontaneous. but some of these quote unquote singer is that we call them in debates are preplanned. famously, lloyd benson s i served with jack hannity, jack kennedy took quayle in 88. and with something him and his team came up with in practice, in perhaps, not something he came out on the night. christy that was