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M. I. T. And harvard university. Her first book was cured, the people who defeated hiv. Shes written for publications including the new york times, los angeles times, the atlantic, slate, Popular Science an time magazine. In 2016, she published the work thats the basis of her talk tonight titled the rise of the rocket girls, the women who propelled us from missiles to the moon to mars. That work was a best seller and was widely praised by critics including one who described it as immersive, evocative and superbly readable, holts poignant narrative should be required readingment another called ...

Thank you janice and thank everyone for being here. The weather has been difficult. Sorry about that. We have got parking challenges but appreciate you all being here. Tonight we are featuring a journalist and New York Times bestselling author Janice Kaplan enter fascinating book the genius of women from overlooked to changing the world janice will be in conversation with the ceo of the womens fund of central ohio and this is going to be an illuminating evening ill say that right now. I want to thank our venue fantastic friends and their wonderful Committee Partners and all these organizations...

We travel to bryanCollege Station texas. Coming up will feature the citys local authors including Nikki Van Hightower. Then 12 minutes would visit the museum of the american g. I. And about the role Elvis Presley played in the Cold War Army in the 1950s. Later in about 45 minutes the story of the the hello girls of world war i. We begin our special feature with the mayors of bryan and College Station. One of the wonderful thinks about bryanCollege Station come get to cities, one community. The universe you start in the 1870s, the city of brian start a couple years before. Really right after th...

Wonderful Community Party america, the womens fund, Columbus School for girls. I would introduce janice and kelly. But first met me ask you to silence your phones or other is nomakers you might noise makerred continue so we can hear everything. I hope you have visit the were right down the street and two blocks down and we invite any of you who have not been there, before to come and browse. We have been open for just over these years and we hosted 300 book related events during that period. [applause] besides the curated full service independent become store for central ohio, our mission is t...

I am so glad you are here tonight. I am going to say a few words about before i welcome to knights guests. For a moment of history the strand was founded 93 years ago by my grandfather, benjamin bass. [applause] he founded this story in an area that was known as book row come along fourth avenue, just along the corner from here. It was the storm of the depression come and he defied the odds by surviving while all the other fortier bookstores them book row shuddered. The store was then passed on to my late father, fred who grew the story to his scale and popularity he never thought possible. No...