CSPAN3 Lectures In History October 25, 2015
P. M. And midnight eastern. Next, historian joseph ellis leads a talk on the early revolutionary war through the letters of john and Abigail Adams. This class is at amherst college. This is part 2 of a twopart lecture. Prof. Ellis we last saw Abigail Adams giving birth to four children, five really. Over a 12 year period. The question i asked you is, how should we assess her role in the coming of the American Revolution . To what extent is it sexist or just the opposite of that, to call attention to the fact that the dominant events in her life are biological, rather than, political . If you a...