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The bill of rights and the debates that are echoed today. She speaks with the director of the institute for constitutional history at the New York Historical society and George Washington University Law school host its nice to be having this conversation with you. I very much enjoyed reading your book the bill of rights the fight to secure americas liberties and my first question is an easy one why did you write the book . Guest probably for the same reason that i wrote a brilliant solution. I think that american are hobbled by about the myths of the birth of the country. I think all country h...

Lets go ahead and start. Comeseme of this course from the theme of civil war changed. Lly , this is an is over important day. Everybody has different ideas of what the nation is posted become. They had some ideas of what it should be. The northerners had ideas of what america should be. And certainly the norm the northern men. Was whoical question was going to have to stay in it. Youve gone through that as well. Who was going to have a say on what it would be. Today i want to talk about women and womens lives. Their role in what was the reconstruction and rebuilding of the north, south and wes...

Dramatically changed. It destroyed everything people believed about america and the american government. Once the wars over and this is an important day to talk about it, the anniversary of firing at fort sumter everybody has different ideas of what the nation is supposed to become. There were ideas about what africanamerican people should be. The northerners had ideas of what america should be. The indians and chinese out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern man who had won the war had thoughts on what america should be. But the critical question on was what...

And womens lives. Their role in what was the reconstruction and rebuilding of the north, south and west. The story of women is way more crucial than what people realize. Most people start here and you probably know about this from your High School Days with the seneca falls convention. When a number of women came together in seneca falls, new york they talked about womens rights. And the idea of rights for women came from the abolitionists went there and when they spoke about human rights, those women were not allowed to speak. They were not allowed to talk so on the way home, a number of them...

Between america and the american government. So once the war is over and this is a good day to talk about this, today is the anniversary of the firing on fort sumter. Everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become. Weve really gone through a lot of that with ideas that African American men who fought for the union had ideas what america should be and certainly white southerners had ideas about what america should be. The northerners had ideas. The indians and chinese who were out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern men who had foug...