In doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered the work of previous historians have drastically underestimated this great humanist. She discovered the surprising truths about the radical reformer who was denounced by some as disgraceful to the white race. What . Disgraceful . She fought for votes for women, she fought for peace, she fought for civil rights. The New York Times hailed her as the least known but the most influential american women who had to do with Public Affairs in this country. Professor nancy unger will help us know belle la follette for who she really is. Nancy . [applause] ms. Unger hello. Thank you for that lovely introduction. I have given talks to the humanist community of Silicon Valley and they are one of my favorite audiences because they stay awake and they ask great questions. I have been looking forward to this talk. I want to thank you for inviting me to the humanist association of the greater sacramento area. I want to thank bill potts for his h
For the previous weeks, he had been getting telegrams from republican politician say it, you cannot be real elected. Cannot be reelected. The people have had it with your administration. You have to address certain things. This meeting, he did. He asked every member to sign a letter which lincoln had written. In that letter, he and his cabinet pledged their support to the next administration, who lincoln thought would not be him. Bud touched upon it, but if you go back a little bit, think of this. If you look at the Overland Campaign to put it in perspective, the army of the potomac, that army that defended Little Round Top disappeared in may and june 1864. They suffered more casualties than antietam, chancellorsville, and gettysburg combined. I saw a newspaper from new york. In those days, when you publish something, it was for pages. It was four pages. It was published that summer in a small new york county. It listed the casualties. That is all the paper was about. You can imagine t
Very fortunate that he is giving us this lecture. He is a man who these know introduction. There is not an introduction that will be complete in the time allotted. He graduated with highest honors from stanford. He then went as a marshall scholar to oxford where he received firstclass honors with a ba degree in philosophy and economics. He went to harvard law school, where he excelled and was articles editor of the log review. He then clerked for Justice Arthur goldberg. He doesnt knowledge that he conjured it to the first draft that he contributed to the first draft of griswold versus connecticut case. For those of you who are not lawyers was the case and recognized the right of marital privacy. After clerking for justice goldberg, he worked for the department of justice and taught at harvard, both in the law school and the Kennedy School of government. He was chief counsel to the Senate Judicial committee. He was nominated by president carter to the first circuit, 90s after carter lo
very pleased to introduce our next speaker jeffry wert. for some reason, jeffrey, i have never met before. we ve we ve have common. we have we ve been to common. but this is my first meeting with him and we have something common. we were both high school teachers and the other thing we have in common is he s a very famous author and read a lot of his books. so jeffry wert is retires pennsylvania high school history teacher and the author of several books on the civil war, including from winchester to cedar creek and his most recent book, the heart of hell, which we just sold out by way. so we don t have any more copies of that, but we ve got another copy of one of your other books out there, among other awards for his books jeffrey s gettysburg day three. it was nominated for a pulitzer prize and a national book award. his articles and essays on the civil war have appeared in many publications, including civil war. times illustrated, american history illustrated and the and g
very pleased to introduce our next speaker jeffry wert. for some reason, jeffrey, i have never met before. we ve we ve have common. we have we ve been to common. but this is my first meeting with him and we have something common. we were both high school teachers and the other thing we have in common is he s a very famous author and read a lot of his books. so jeffry wert is retires pennsylvania high school history teacher and the author of several books on the civil war, including from winchester to cedar creek and his most recent book, the heart of hell, which we just sold out by way. so we don t have any more copies of that, but we ve got another copy of one of your other books out there, among other awards for his books jeffrey s gettysburg day three. it was nominated for a pulitzer prize and a national book award. his articles and essays on the civil war have appeared in many publications, including civil war. times illustrated, american history illustrated and the and g