house historical association, massachusetts historical society the gerald r ford presidential foundation and our two newest institutional members the national first lady s library and the center for presidential history at southern methodist university. i programmed tonight is called taking a new look at edith wilson and should be a fascinating discussion of edith s influence on the role of first lady. the panel moderator is dr. catherine sibley professor of history and director of the american studies at saint joseph s university. panelists in order i think our doctor mary stockwell retired professor of history and department chair at lords university who writes on the american west 20th century politics and especially woodrow wilson. our second panelists will be rebecca roberts curator of programming at planet word a museum of words and language in washington, dc. and our third panelists will be dr. stacey cordray who holds the dentists and von johnson endowed chair in theo
my name is nancy keegan smith, and i d like to welcome you as flares vice president to tonight s program. thank you to our partner american university school of public affairs who has been so supportive of our endeavor. and to our flare institutional members writer university white house historical association, massachusetts historical society the gerald r ford presidential foundation and our two newest institutional members the national first lady s library and the center for presidential history at southern methodist university. i programmed tonight is called taking a new look at edith wilson and should be a fascinating discussion of edith s influence on the role of first lady. the panel moderator is dr. catherine sibley professor of history and director of the american studies at saint joseph s university. panelists in order i think our doctor mary stockwell retired professor of history and department chair at lords university who writes on the american west 20th century p
second half of the material. we re going to be discussing mass production and the american system of manufacturers. now as you well know. there are differences in the way economists and historians discuss issues in particular. i would sort of say historians plays a great emphasis on archival information descriptive statistics and testimony that was contemporary to the time in contrast social scientists, especially economists look very much for big overarching themes or a framework that will connect it together and sometimes that means ignoring the the details of the specifics of historical events are involved. and what we re going to try to do is to try to bring both into today by looking at a debate or rather a literature on mass production and the assembly line. that as articulated by economists, but then using that framework to think about the issues by using an examples a couple of the major historical transformations in several industries in particular. we re going to ta
my name is nancy keegan smith, and i d like to welcome you as flares vice president to tonight s program. thank you to our partner american university school of public affairs who has been so supportive of our endeavor. and to our flare institutional members writer university white house historical association, massachusetts historical society the gerald r ford presidential foundation and our two newest institutional members the national first lady s library and the center for presidential history at southern methodist university. i programmed tonight is called taking a new look at edith wilson and should be a fascinating discussion of edith s influence on the role of first lady. the panel moderator is dr. catherine sibley professor of history and director of the american studies at saint joseph s university. panelists in order i think our doctor mary stockwell retired professor of history and department chair at lords university who writes on the american west 20th century p
that flora fraser be out to the stare before the crowd really fills and if you can start. moving thank you all, thank you for frazier. so wonderfully would all be here tonight.. did you know that all of c-span s american history program to reveal the watch online. go to c-span.org slash history and type your topic of interest into the search box. thousands of programs looking into the people in places that shaped our nation. all available online at c-span.org slash history this session, first ladies impact and influence, will explore the many ways in which first ladies have shaped history as the closest adviser to the president. as advocates for both change and continuity, as well as how the influence america s society, politics, culture, and diplomacy. now, i have a very great pleasure of introducing what many people consider the brightest jewels in the crown of first lady historians of america. so starting with dr. barbara perry, and while doctor perry is walking up her