before the honorable supreme wert of the united states, admonish you to get their attention. >> we will look at one of the most divisive issues to come before the supreme court -- abortion. roe versus wade was decided in january, 1973. case that is a controversial, that is constantly under scrutiny. there is a question, i suppose, whether it ever will cease to be under scrutiny. terminate an unwanted pregnancy, but enable -- unmarrieded dallas carnival worker -- requesting that she remain

anonymous, the lawsuit listed her as jane roe. she had the baby and put it up reduction. her case made it all the way to the supreme court. had gone to several dallas physicians seeking an abortion, but had been refused care because of texas law. she filed suit on behalf of itself and all of those women who have in the past, at that present time, or in the future, would seek termination of a pregnancy. >> we look at roe versus wade, its impact then and now. with clark forsyth, author of "the inside story of roe v wade." professora murray,

from university of california at the cleveland school. that is live monday at 9:00 on c-span, c-span3, and c-span radio. order your copy of the "landmark cases" companion book. it is available for a dollars $8.95 plus shipping at www.c-span.org. announcer: all weekend, american history tv visits worcester, massachusetts. incorporated as a city in 1848, it is located about 40 miles west of boston. the staff recently visited many sites, showcasing the city's history. learn more about worcester all weekend here on "american history tv." >> we are in the industrial gallery, called the fuller gallery of industrial history,

and the exhibit is called in their shirtsleeves. in their shirtsleeves is the story of worcester's industrial heritage that really start at the time of the blackstone canal. 1828, the canal opens on october 7, and while there is small industry in worcester before that, then it really starts the heyday. it goes through the 20th century. mr. arning: what is interesting about worcester is that it became a shire town. and it is significant because of the communities, which were much larger than worcester, had the offer to be -- you could be where the court meets, the king's court. none of them wanted it because when you think about you have a major trial, it kind of brings all the crazies out. the communities of seven -- sutton, massachusetts and

lancaster, massachusetts were much better and they were also very religious and they didn't want to have those people coming to their community. whereas worcester said, yeah, we will do that. and part of the reason for that was the blackstone canal. folks in providence had a real problem with moving their goods inland because there was no roads. so they built the canal from providence to worcester, and all of a sudden that opens up worcester to the heartland of massachusetts. i think one of the real strong messages to come out of the canal area and to give you insight into the england mindset, worcester was a hamlet village kind of. it didn't have a lot of people. it had one merchant in town. nathan herd. and he put an ad in all three newspapers. and he put in big bold letters, by the canal.

and what that told everybody who saw that ad, it was fresh because it had just gotten off the vote in providence. it took a day and a half, two days to get up to two worcester, that was fresh molasses, fresh green. you think about proctor and gamble in marketing, nathan was way ahead of everybody. it is just -- it just transmitted this wonderful marketing concept to this new republic, this new section here in the center, the heart of the commonwealth here in worcester. so that is an important story to talk about the value of the canals. the way people see things differently and try new things. the top at we have over here -- top hat we have over here, inside the silk lining is this wonderful engraving.

why would you put it inside your silk hat? because the merchants men had great pride in his community. they said, this is an important place. the canal is important. i'm going to make sure they identify new entrepreneurial growth with my silk hat. mr. wallace: the monkeywrench is one of those great moments of innovation to come out of worcester. you can imagine yourself working in the factory and you are working in tandem, dependent on one another for a successful operation. your loom goes down. how are you going to fix it quickly? rather than shuffling through a box full of wrenches, pullman came up with the idea that by pulling the safety on the machine and having a range you could addressed with one thumb, you could adjust it to the side of whatever you are trying to

fix. you could do it quickly, you could go back to work. you could just imagine that in a creative and vibrant workplace, how are we going to fix this immediately? so you create something that is an answer to need, and then you patent it, and then you are selling hundreds of thousands of them all over the world. mr. arning: this case is filled with the products of one particular shop in worcester. field shop. he built a major complex in which you, -- in which he had a lot of good idea, but did not have a lot of capital. he went in for $.10 a square foot per year. you got a workshop and you could tie into his belting system. so you could be the man who wanted to assemble rat traps. mr. arning: the rat trap is two prongs. two prongs with a round head, and the prongs would be held

back with a wire spring. when the greater triggered it, -- when the creature triggered it, the prongs would go right through the neck. >> we are in front of the end of a crate from a shredded wheat box. henry first produces commercial wheat in worcester long before it goes to niagara falls. niagara falls is often times what you see on the box of shredded wheat. it comes here from denver, upstate new york, and then the boston burbs and he gets a lot of investors. the serial machine company -- cereal machine company. it is part of that tradition of health care, a new approach to

your body and how it is going to be kept in good shape because you are no longer working seven days a week and on a farm, you are six days a week in a factory. you might be sitting in an office. he tells people there systems are not working the way they should, so he creates shredded wheat to solve that problem. >> worcester's is pretty much known as an industrial center, but also a machine center. you are not going to find a lot of women working here. one of the places where you would find women working is here. 1915 is a tumultuous year in american history. overseas, world war i has started. a lot of the companies are manufacturing for their european buyers. and a lot of money is being made, but a lot of the workers are not seeing that. and the women here at the corset company are a good example of that because they have to buy

the thread to make the corset. not uncommon in that timeframe. 1915, they go on strike. 1915, the brewery workers go on strike. and the loom manufacturers go on strike because all this manufacturing is taking place and a lot of people are making money, but it is not the workers. it creates all kinds of problems here. you will find worcester was not a labor town. but this is the one thing people can begin to focus on that needs to be addressed. so you'll find a lot of unhappy people here who will come from around the world to find their job in worcester, but it is not working for them. this is a display in worcester for its 125th anniversary in 1956. what it is is a representation of worcester's strong tradition

as a wire manufacturing city. the first person in new england to draw continuous brands of wire. as a result, he goes gangbusters. in the 1870's and 1880's, he is telling the world he is making close to $1 million a year in his business. he is making cable for bridges, for telephones, he is making pno wire, he is -- he is making piano wire, he is making literally everything he can out of wire. that continuing tradition of -- of stamping from a wire, you will see what i call a diner knife stamped out of a piece of wire. if you cross the golden gate bridge, it is worcester wire in the original cables. the same thing with the bay bridge from san francisco to oakland, lots of worcester wire.

it was a major, major industry of worcester capital and private. >> the mid-20th century part of the exhibit, what we are looking at is a case of materials from the david clark company. david clark was a weaver who started making underwear and moved on to making integral components for space, and they make the suit for the first american walk in space in 1965. the orange suit is a high altitude pressure suit, some of it -- what is adjacent to it is one of the backup headsets for the moon landing. when you hear neil armstrong say this is once the -- one small step for a man, he is saying it through a david clark had said. -- head sets. it is part of the worcester story of innovation and

enterprise in the 20th century. >> part of the exhibit is to give people a sense of pride, but also be a sense that we all contribute to the economic, cultural, and vibrancy of the city. you will find an investor in worcester and you will find a place to apply it. you can stay in worcester, you can create, and have a welcoming workforce, a welcoming group of investors and a welcoming and excited community. announcer: our cities tour staff recently traveled to worcester, massachusetts to learn about its rich history. learn more about worcester and

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