Of women. This event was hosted by the Radcliffe Institute for advanced study at harvard and the john f. Kennedy president ial library. Its about half an hour. Hi. Hi. Its a pleasure to be here today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the report issued by the president ial commission on the status of women and its an honor to be here not at the Kennedy Library but with the Kennedy Library and with its wonderful volunteers today. Beyond that, for me, its an honor to have a conversation with professor black who really knows so much about my great grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt and can tell us more of the official side of her work for women. For me, i know a little bit more of the personal side. One story id like to share with you just as an anecdote before we get into the conversation is something my aunt told me that as a young girl growing up, grandmere which is what we affectionately call eleanor in our family, took her aside and said to her, its really important that you are involve
Broken apart in 1912. And when i figured out what was the difference in their leadership, it was teddys leadership, tafts leadership. So i started reading about the publications in the press, these guys stood at the center of it. They played a center role. Even the best historians will say these guys are the vanguard of the history. He came into my life. Roosevelt, taft, and the muckrakers, at 8 00, on cspans question and answer. All weekend long, American History tv is featuring ann arbor, michigan, cspans local content vehicles recently visited many sites exploring the rich history, learn more about ann arbor all weekend long on American History tv. It was extremely important the way they looked at slavery and how slavery affected them. In 1836, men, they were all men from across the state of michigan, which was only sparsely settled at that time, held an antislavery meeting in ann arbor, where we are. And one of their goals was to sway people to have an antislavery stance. And in or
Anniversary of the report issued by the president ial commission on the status of women and its an honor to be here not at the Kennedy Library but with the Kennedy Library and with its wonderful volunteers today. Beyond that, for me, its an honor to have a conversation with professor black who really knows so much about my great grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt and can tell us more of the official side of her work for women. For me, i know a little bit more of the personal side. One story id like to share with you just as an anecdote before we get into the conversation is something my aunt told me that as a young girl growing up, grandmare which is what we affectionately call eleanor in our family, took her aside and said to her, its really important that you are involved in public life. Its really important that you run for Political Office and that you always work to make peoples lives better. And she thought that this was something that she must be saying to all of the cousins. And onl
Express my thanks to you. Congratulations to the michigan of the east, our university. I come here tonight to say one or two words on this campaign which is now coming in to the last three weeks. On october 13th, john kennedy had his third of four debates with Richard Nixon and then the plan was for him to fly to ann arbor, stay here. This was a hotel, too, among other things. Had rooms for rent. And stay here and then the next morning start on a whistle stop across the state but then word got out in the community that he was going to stay here the night so students started gathering here. He was supposed to get here about 11 00 and instead he got here closer to 2 00 so there are students waiting for three hours just packed in. His plan had been to go in the side door and just sneak in the side door and sleep for the night. Hes already late. He had to get up early in the morning and then hearing that there was a huge crowd, of course, he couldnt do that. And here he is looking at this
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