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American history tv on cspan3 every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures in history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. The u. S. Capitol has been home to the house and senate since 1800. But it is their home districts and states that send members to washington, d. C. Over the next 90 minutes, a look at pivotal u. S. Politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. Coming up first, u. S. Congressman and senator, former wisconsin governor, and 1924 Progressive Party president ial candidate, robert fighting bob lafollette. There is work for ev...

Post a comment on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Good evening, everyone. My names liz, im a member of the event staff, and i would like to welcome you all this evening to politics and prose at the wharf. Just a quick note before we get started, now would be a great time to silence cell phones, feel free to take flashfree photography. Tonight were here to welcome Hendrik Meyer for his new book, Arthur Vandenberg, the man in the middle of the american century. When Arthur Vandenberg assumed his seat as a republican senator from michigan in 1928, he was an outspoken opponent of the new ...

Discusses womens ratings rights activists belle, la follette. Active in the early 20th centuries. She is the author which tell the story of this journalist, suffragist and pacifist who campaigned alongside her husband and son in their own bids for office. The humanist association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event and its about an hour. Todays truly delightful speaker, professor nancy unger, asked me if i could give her only a brief introduction. Lets see if i can. Subject is and i would like to pronounce it, belle la folette, who lived a full life from 1859 to 1931. In doing the...

They became doctors and lawyers. One became the first female manager of any department at northrop airlines. They became principals, surgeons, politicians, pilots, and they were able to do that because they had access to professional baseball. So when i asked them what did it mean to you to play in the league and they say everything, its exactly right. What did it mean for this country and the efforts of these women to help during wartime . It meant everything. Ive asked a number of these women, so, what was it like to have to play baseball in a dress . Of course their answers varied. Some i c...

Of modern civilization. She also according to her youngest child, ultimately, became an anagnostic. They did not attend church which is quite unusual for a u. S. Senator and her family. To protect her husbands in this area. Bob delighted in telling Family Friends that as belle guided a wealthy couple through washington dc, they asked pointblank, which church to la follette. Told them we entered the congregati congregational. This is a lie and as a minister, we have known well and preached in the Congressional Church on sunday and bob and i would go to hear it. Belle advocated cleaner road cars...