tietjen talk about their book, her story, a timeline of women who changed america. the profiles include susan b anthony, birth control activist margaret sanger, and african american entrepreneur madam c.j. walker. this was recorded at a bookstore in denver in 2008. it s about 40 minutes. thank you and good evening. i am honored to be here tonight to introduce charlotte waisman and jill tietjen, authors of herstory, a timeline of women who changed america. when i first moved to denver in 1987, i described deal as the energizer bunny of women engineers. i don t know anyone who is busier with more stuff, whether it s in her professional life as a consultant, war her efforts on behalf of women in technology. the same can be said of charlotte, though she comes from very different professional experiences. with the background and communications, she has been instrumental informing the women s vision leadership institute, an organization devoted to helping women move from middle t
this was the life of frances perkins around this building. and i ll explain to you how that happened and much of the research was denied library of congress, which is sponsoring today s events. it s a wonderful institution and the beautiful buildings, they re such important research materials there and it s all available free. these public access libraries are really one of the things that make our nation great. and i m very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give us such a wonderful material. now, this is a self selecting crowd, i know some of you already know who frances perkins is, but a lot of people don t. so, let s start by asking this question. how many of you know who france perkins is? oh yes! this is great! good! how about this, how many of you know on someone me on social security? please raise your hand. how many of you know someone who is receiving unemployment insurance or who has ever received unemployment compensation? o
story, a time line of women who changed america. their profiles include suffragist susan b. anthony, margaret sanger and madam c.j. walker. this was recovered in denver in 2008. it s about 40 minutes. thank you and good evening. i m honored to be here tonight to introduce charlotte and jill, authors of her story a time line of women who changed america. i met jill when we first moved to denver back in 1987 and i often describe her as the energizer bunny of women engineers. i don t know anyone who s busier with more stuff whether it s in her professional life or her efforts on behalf of women on behalf of women in technology. the same can generally be said of charlotte though she comes from a very different professional experience. with a background in communications she s been instrumental in forming the womens vision leadership institute, an organization devoted to helping women move from middle to upper management positions. so despite these disparate backgrounds i fi
about her book, the one behind a new deal, the life and legacy behind frances perkins. she was the first female cabinet secretary who served as fdr s labor secretary from 1933 to 1945. in that role, she helped to create a new deal legislation, and cue lubing social security, unemployment insurance and minimum wage. the other spoke about the 19-year-old book festival which the library of congress hosted on the national mall. this person was meaningful to me because was the basis on my entire book. this was the life of frances perkins around this building. and i ll explain to you how that happened and much of the research was denied library of congress, which is sponsoring today s events. it s a wonderful institution and the beautiful buildings, they re such important research materials there and it s all available free. these public access libraries are really one of the things that make our nation great. and i m very grateful to the library of congress for being here and
Thank you so much, bill. I would also like to single out alley for making this a night in the face of the pandemic. Putting together a big Public Program is different in the best of circumstances, and the challenges that bring us together is presenting new complications. Thank you for everything youve done to make this happen. I am here tonight to talk about something wonderful. Something almost miraculous. It marked a radical transformation when it occurred, it was contrary to what had gone on before when america prided itself on being a dog eat dog culture. Those were the times of a law is a fair economy. In those days, poverty in both childhood and old age were blamed on the victim. The suffering was believed to be an immutable condition of the human life. In the first centuries of our new republic, human beings were left to sink or swim in the face of Economic Prosperity and unavoidable economic downturn. Some prosper, but many were lost under the waves. Then starting in 1933, alon