On the web site for years. Some people believe darrow was the inspiration for some of the monopoly characters. The only problem is that story isnt exactly true. The actual game originated with a the woman. This woman elizabeth mcghee. So who was she . Prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. She was an outspoken feminist. She had a lot of views. Her father was a gentleman names names names james mcghee who wasnt just an influential newspaper owner that travel with Abraham Lincoln during the lincolndouglass debate and was around for the founding of the Republican Party and was impactful in that. She had also appeared on stage. She wrote short stories and wrote a book of poetry which you can see the plate there for that and she was very impacted by this man henry george. In this room im sure a lot of people know that henry george and in the very short version i am not a henry george scholar is that he was a proponent of single taxpayer amd of this idea you ta
Direct conversation and have the direct and put around issues that we care about whether its Climate Change or infrastructure and know that we have within these agencies and leading these agencies folks who are genuinely looking for ways they can improve their partnerships to help us do our jobs locally so to each of you thank you so much and we really appreciate you being here. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] they were suggesting i give all of you my cell phone number and you can pass that along. Please follow up. It is now my great honor to introduce the 51st secretary of the u. S. Department of the interior. As secretary she leads an agency of more than 70,000 employees. The department of the interior serves as the steward of approximately 20 of the nations land including National Parks, National Wildlife refugees and other public lands. The Department Also oversees the responsible development of conventional and Renewable Energy supplies on public lan
Relation. But its a relatively common last name i believe. I did my best to contact distant relatives, but they are so distant that it is what it is. They are in this and theres nothing really tangible in place. So he went about trying to make sure that the quakers in Atlantic City were not acknowledged. In my version of it is just telling the story. It seems like i cant even tell you how many times people say oh, youre writing a book. Great. And unlike, its so i think the part one is getting the story out there, but i dont know of anything tangible. If you have any ideas, i would be all years [inaudible question] [inaudible question] thats a good question. Every now and then i am not a game collector or a hardcore. I think if its expensive its not ludicrously so i havent seen them it was really successful and there were a lot in circulation. So as far as i know they are not really expensive. Boardgames are this weird collectible because i think its what, folks went through and it was
Greenhouses, mr. Monopoly. Most people say Parker Brothers which is now owned by hasbro. And for years the story was this gentleman at the height of the Great Depression and one of americas darkest hours, he goes hours, he goes into his basement and innovates and makes this game and puts Atlantic City properties on it as an almost a vacations during better times. Here is the original patent from 1935. 1935. You can see it looks a lot like monopoly today, the tokens, the board, the property. This version has been on the website for years. Some people believe there was the inspiration for some of the early mr. Monopoly characters. The only problem is that stories are true. The actual game originated with a woman this woman elizabeth mcgee. Prior to inventing prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. She was an outspoken feminist. Feminist. She had a lot of views on this. Her father was a gentleman named james mcgee who was not just an influential newspaper own
Take your seats. Thank you. Cspan3 live today. Just waiting for the American Public Transportation Association conference to begin. Theyre in washington d. C. For their annual legislative summit. Take a look at some of the work recently in the house on transportation. Cq role call reporting recently on the first transportation bill of the new congress. They worked on that last week. The Passenger Rail reform and investment act approved by Committee Last month by unanimous vote and the Congressional Budget Office saying the bill would authorize 7. 2 billion in spending from 2017 to 2020 the biggest grant to amtrak. Were live in the american Transportation Associations conference. Had a great, great session already this morning, 7 30 this morning. Who was all in there eating breakfast . All right. All right. Listen, welcome to aptas 40th annual legislative conference and to our nations capitol. Yesterday was some great sessions, werent they with the mayor of washington d. C. And various