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AT THE TABLE WITH LBJ AND LADY BIRD   History, Humor, and True Texas Recipes   BY JEAN E. SCHULER, BFA ’82   After years of archival research and volunteer work at the LBJ Presidential Library, Schuler produces the first LBJ cookbook an expansive collection of original recipes from the Johnson Administration, complete with menus, events, and a healthy […] ....

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The Real Legacy of the Suffrage Movement


The Real Legacy of the Suffrage Movement
Deborah Cohen
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Illustration by Valerie Chiang; images from Hulton Archive / Shel Hershorn / Gado / Getty; Associated Press
This article was published online on December 20, 2020.
Women’s-suffrage campaigners and their equally adamant opponents were in full agreement on one fundamental point: Giving women the vote would change everything. It would end poverty, and wars, too! So promised Britain’s militant suffragists, envisioning a civilization in which the patriarchy was upended and society’s evils were largely vanquished. A Greek chorus of “antis” foretold a different future. The death of the family! The destruction of morality! After most British women over the age of 30 won the vote, in 1918, the Liberal politician and diplomat Lord Esher saw a watershed moment at hand. An “avalanche of women has been hurled into the political chaos,” he wrote. “Institution ....

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CSPAN2 Book TV After Words July 5, 2011



she did escape. valued her freedom much more than the relationship with the president and the first lady. he sent people to catch her. they never could find her. she ended up living in new hampshire. but he went to those great lengths and a lot of our early presidents didn t understand the desire for freedom was so strong much the among around them, they thought it was an act of disloyalty for a slave to escape. we can t understand that. but that s the way the early president s felt. host: the president s who had been signers of the lek alationlationlationlation def independence, more than any freedom of their homeland what caused african-american to escape enslavement. guest: yeah, it s the fundamental contradiction. a lot of people say these were people of their times. the presidents were creatures of the times. i think do expect our leaders to transcend the times. our early presidents did not. host: abigail told him not to forget the women. he talked in t ....

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