going toward spring but back with the temperatures, crazy, today we struggle to get to freezing, 20 degrees below average, we usually see 50 this time of year. then talking late season snowstorm. little depressing. we ll get through it, though, spring has to arrive, but certainly not any time soon. looks like we re locked into the cold pattern for the next couple of days. snow lovers what you wanted back in the middle of winter but just didn t have it. quiet this morning, no problems headed outside, unlike yesterday, we had the snow falling. but center city right now mostly clear, see clouds builds in later this morning, into the afternoon. 21 degrees though. airport northwest winds at 14, feeling like 8 degrees. temperature spreading from the single digits into the mountains, the mid 20 s near the coast, 24 degrees in wildwood, inbetween the suburbs, pretty cold upper teens, willow grove, 16 pottstown, 16 in doylestown. there are the winds speeds out of the northwest t
as you probably know harriet , tubman s face is due to grace the front of the $20 bill soon. our speaker, catherine clinton, [applause] catherine clinton is one of the people that helped to put her there. in fact, her biography of harriet tubman was praised as a revelation. not bad. harriet tubman is an appropriate subject for her. i will tell you a little bit about catherine. she has been in perpetual motion almost are whole life as well. she grew up in kansas city, missouri. she received her undergraduate from harvard university. she specializes in american history with an emphasis on the american south and the civil war as well as american women and , african american history. she has held academic positions at countless institutions. she has been at the university of richmond, the citadel, the current chair of history at university of texas at san antonio. she served as a consulting scholar on a number of documentaries and feature films, including steven spielberg s li
popularity in recent decades culminating in the announcement than she would be featured on the u.s. $20 bill. this event is hosted by the university of mary washington in fredericksburg, virginia. it s an hour and 15 minutes. [ applause ] i had there. good evening and thanks for coming out on what was a nice day today i think this will abe good way tend to your evening. welcome to the whimmium b. crawley lecture. a new appreciation of an iconic figure, harriet tubman. it s a name we know, it s a name we affiliate with the underground railroad, but we sort of forget after that she lived another 50 years, some remarkable 50 years after the civil war. tonight s speaker is here to bring us up to speed and date on that in a lecture that s sponsored by sa dechlio, so we ll thank them for that tonight. as you probably know, harriet tubman s face is due to grace the front of the $20 bill very soon and our speaker catherine clinton [ applause ] and our speaker catherine clinton is
figure, harriet tubman. it s a name we know, it s a name we affiliate with the underground railroad, but we sort of forget after that she lived another 50 years, some remarkable 50 years after the civil war. tonight s speaker is here to bring us up to speed and date on that in a lecture that s sponsored by sa dechlio, so we ll thank them for that tonight. as you probably know, harriet tubman s face is due to grace the front of the $20 bill very soon and our speaker catherine clinton [ applause ] and our speaker catherine clinton is one of the people that helped to put her there. in fact, her biography of harriet tubman was praised a revelation. not bad. harriet tubman is probably an appropriate subject for her because i m going to tell awe little bit about catherine and she s been in perpetual motion her entire life as well. she grew up in kansas city, missouri, and sefd her undergraduate from harvard university followed by a ph.d from prince ton, university. she specialize
became a multimillionaire. he eventually moved to london and lived there for the remainder of his life. gave hisll of 1867, he millions away to establish educational organizations. this was a generation before andrew card engaged at the same thing with his money. to the community of georgetown $15,000 to- establish a library. honor of was named in him and serves as a repository for georgetown neighborhood history. for sound being the oldest neighborhood in washington, d.c. years beforel 49 the nation s capital was founded in 1800. m.day s speaker is jamie stieh we welcome her back. this is her second top this year. the second saturday of each month she is giving a talk about personagesamerican who really impacted american history. columnist syndicated and contributor to u.s. news.com. today, she is going to give a talk about frederick douglass and harriet tubman. anddouglas worked by day how. tubman worked by night under the stars. her talk next month will be about rachel car