i think that rosemary sagari in revolutionary backlash also uses the abigail adams mercy, otis warren political relationship in a very effective way. that's another great angle to understanding her and i think woody holton's assessment of abigail as this savvy bond speculator kind of bit of an inside trader maybe for the 18th century is a really interesting. look at women's economics citizenship something we explored a little today. i do want to just add just briefly. there's another way into understanding these women's lives. that's their own words. so lou catherine adams takes a stab at autobiography fairly early on she has one very anodyne version of this called record of a life, but then the title that tells us so much is her second try at autobiography and that is adventures of a nobody and you can read both of them in our letter press editions here and the diary in autobiographical writings of louisa catherine adams she also pops up from time to time reflected in her husband john quincy's diary. so there's an interesting cameo always look to the president's papers to see how the

the massachusetts historical society has the papers of john and abigail adams. and in those papers is a letter that abigail wrote to john in february of 1797 shortly before he was sworn in as president. and she was telling him about an incident involving a free african-american who she referred to as james who was a paid employee of the adams. he tended to agricultural matters at their farm. abigail personally taught him reading and writing and fought for him to attend a local school. when a neighbor objected she responded to the neighbor with this question. is this the christian principle of doing to others as we would have others due to us? now as one would expect when directly confronting the indomitable abigail adams the neighbor backed down. just as abigail however was not heard in her pleased to remember the ladies her calls for the new nation to follow christian principles in terms of enslaving other humans fell on deaf ears. after abigail, we didn't see support for african americans' until mary todd lincoln. mary grew up in a family of slaves she personal

this was abigail adams her self. oh, this is adams. just the recitation of few moments ago of your letter. your letter that will resonate throughout the angels as indication of the influence that you have had not only in your own time, but will continue to have you know, they refer to another says the founding fathers. please do not forget the founding mothers. or you do flatter mr. jefferson, perhaps we should move on to the next question. you both sailed separately to europe in 1784. what were your shared experiences while in france and then leader in england? we almost sailed together. intention and it was much appreciated that you would try and and intercept me. this was when i was in boston to book passage to come and join mr. adams after a five year absence from one another and mr. jefferson. i remember you coming and making yourself known to me and saying that you would travel with me to see that all of my needs were met a board ship for my husband had cautioned me that being on a ship was no place for a lady. but you did not ha

this is abigail adams now. i thank you, mr. jefferson. and welcome to you as i myself and welcome here. i look forward to our conversation mrs. adams if you will a chair. thank you, sir, please join. i thank you indeed. well. i'm very curious as to hear what we will be asked of today and considering the length of time. we have known one in the other and of course. my mutual friend and your dear husband john adams. so shall we engage the first question? ms what had each of you heard about the other before you knew each other and what were your impressions when you first met? yeah, well, i i suppose i heard of you long before i actually met you in particular when my husband was attending the grand congress in philadelphia the continental congress where he and mr. jefferson became most well acquainted and john. to adams was forever writ. ing about your skill with the pins sir in addition to the arguments and compromises be worked out in that sweltering heat. it was terribly hot and during all of the congresses, but particularly the extension

and abigail adams and her famous letter of 1776. she's back in massachusetts and rights to her husband john adams in philadelphia. i remember the duties, and she was talking a lot of people think what she was talking about. there was a soft was suffrage women's right to vote. she was talking about an issue larger than that actually temperature which is the idea that we inherited from british common law that a married woman took on her husband's civil identity upon marriage. so a married woman couldn't own her own property was not the legal guardian of her own children. couldn't own her own business in her own name couldn't sue or be sued, so she was hoping that in the new laws that those declaring independence in july 1776. she was hoping that in the new laws that were being declared there would be a rejection of that old british common law idea and there was not we don't have state laws being passed to overturn covature until the decades leading up to the civil war. 1839 is the first one but most famously the most far-reaching of t

women such as martha washington, abigail adams, and dolly madison. how they influence the war. >> yes we know there was nothing in the constitution about what's president should do so the decisions made in the very beginning works really important. and i think the mostl,■ importat one was the decision, i don't think any of the three women you named had anything to do with that but the decision was made that the presidents home would also be his office. so when george washington was inaugurated here in new york city within walking distance really of where i am sitting martha was not there. she was still in virginia. but she came up a couple of weeks later, and she did not come into a quiet reception. of course, then in 1789, to get across from new jersey who had to go -- even george washington bring his wife across. she arrived to a 13 consulate, like a celebrity, and then within days she was giving a reception at the home, for people who were invited. so she became a very public figure at the very beginning. and people paid attention. i mean when you

i work at the abigail adams institute today i will be your monitor. abigail adams is a skull institute located in cambridge massachusetts to have access to some of the most important arguments that could be found that define that tradition. before we begin i would like to express appreciation to the intercollegiate studies institute for partnering with us today and then the diana davis spencer foundation for providing funding also aei for their leadership to pull this event together. finally we are deeply grateful to our guest to accept our invitation sometime in the middle of the last decade there is consistent data indicating a striking number of young americans and democrats say they are more in favor of socialism and capitalism but what they mean by socialism or capitalism seems to be unclear and inexact but nevertheless indicates the sum the contemporary state of their social and economic affairs. the purpose today to dig a little deeper to look at the term to get a better understanding of the historyst and philosophy. our hope is the two disting

jefferson on the presence view on education, and interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams in a tour of his gardens at monticello. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span three. vice president, harris now in the administration goals in central and south america to reduce migration to the united states. she speaks at the annual russian conference on the americas. >> good morning, is truly an honor to beul with you today. and thanknd you, susan siegel fr your leadership. the membership of the counseling markets include so many people are truly committed to strengthening the economy democracy throughout the western hemisphere very pleased to join yyou today. eelast week president joe biden and i reach the 100th day of our administration. and inat that time, we have let the world now the present has been very clearkn about this america is back. harris: we have rejoin the paris agreement and we are ending our nations longest war rated we rebuilding our alliances and engaging partners all over the world. we are revitalizing our relationships

education, an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams, and a tour of his gardens at monticello. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> new york congresswoman stefanik was elected house g.o.p. conference chair today. after congresswoman liz cheney was removed from that position earlier this week. following today's vote, representative stefanik spoke to reporters. she was joined by minority leader kevin mccarthy and other house republican leaders. mr. mccarthy: good morning. we just had an election for conference chair. i want to congratulate elise stefanik and welcome her to the leadership team. i want to thank chip roy as well. we had a healthy debate and a good election. we've got a lot of work to do in this leadership team. got a lot of work to do in this conference. the policies of nancy pelosi and joe biden are destroying this nation. we got gasoline lines, stations with no gas, gasoline in virginia is $7 a gallon. we got month over month core inflation we have not seen since the 1980's. the gas price has not been t

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ladies women such as martha washington abigail adams and dolly madison and how they influenced the role. yes, as we know there was nothing in the constitution about what the wife of the president should do. so those decisions made at the very beginning were extremely important and i think the most important one probably was they decision. i don't think any of those three women you named had anything to do with that, but the decision was made that the president's home would also be his office. so when george washington was inaugurated here in new york city within walking distance really of where i'm sitting martha was not there. she was still in virginia, but she came up a couple weeks later, and she didn't come into a quiet reception. of course then in 1789 to get across from new jersey you had to take a ferry. he didn't george washington did not bring his wife across on just a plain boat. he said the presidential barge and she arrived to a 13 gun salute like a celebrity. and the very next within days she was giving a reception at the home for people who were invited so she became a ver

welcome an abigail adams interpreter for a candid conversation. and in 90 minutes monticello gardeners and plant curators. talk about how jefferson planned his gardens and how they recreate those gardens today thomas. jefferson's monticello provided the video of these three programs. oh my heavens. well citizens my pleasure indeed my blessings to have you all come visit here this afternoon this 13th day of april, which i am hearing and receiving the salutations in honor of my particular birthday. i have steam your interest in recognizing that though. i hope you will realize that personally i prefer not my birthday to be recognized but rather the the birthday of our nation. i consider our nation to be the world's best. hope. and so when we think of what some have referred to as founders day let it be the recognition that we have founded as the ancients would say novosaurus a new world order dedicated to the principles of self-government. i have dressed perhaps somewhat a formerly for this occasion in order to greet you all and particularly to recei

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jefferson, on the president you an education and an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams. add a tour of his gardens at monticello. exploring the american story, american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> joining us is derek johnson, the president and chair of the naacp. thank you very much for joining us this morning. want to begin with the debate on capitol hill yesterday on the senate side over voting rights legislation. first, your thoughts on this bill that passed the house. >> guest: it's really important for members of congress to respect our constitution and get access. were not asking for individuals who arere questionable whether r not they should be able to cast a a ballot. we are talking about citizens of this nation who pay taxes, who keep our systems running, the critical workers in the about us to get through the pandemic, individuals who work in the hospitals, hotels, who serve our food. these are individuals who simply want tovis participate and we should be operating looking towards the future and not continue to operate based on the past of vote sup

i work with the abigail adams institute and today i will be your moderator. abigail is an independent scholarly institute located in cambridge and our mission offers students at harvard and the greater boston area access to some of the most important subjects, themes and arguments that can be found that define or perhaps use to define western tradition. before we begin today i would like to express appreciation to our friends at the intercollegiate studies institute for partnering with us on today's event. thank you to the diana davis spencer foundation for providing funds to the event. i'd also like to thank mr. james davenport for their leadership and planning this event together and finally we are deeply grateful to professors brooks for accepting our invitation. sometime in the middle of the last decade, they've begun to see consistent data indicating that is striking number of young americans and especially young democrats say that they are more in favor of socialism than capitalism. what young people mean by socialism or for that matter capitalism seems

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>> 16 i was a chair for his campaign it was marco rubio. 2020 i wrote in abigail adams. what i didn't like about the former president is he was very quick to attack republican and democratic women. just like susie collins. and the way he talked about many women which is very distressing so he lost virginia by over ten points. i isin confident that would be the case in virginia. >> republican line representative comstock who served 2015 to 2019. >> i think my question has beenon answered. but i was going to ask if she could point to any trump policies that she disagrees with? i don't think she does i think it's a personality issue. maybe that's what j this is? >> it is a very destructive personality, if you have a leader who doesn't support the rule of law or the constitution and is willing to lie to the american people. but as i mentioned there are quite a number of foreign-policy issues looking at the military were my generals so people who take an oath to the constitution to protect the country and then take orders from the commander-in-chief. just the whole approach t

jefferson, on the president's view on education, on interpretation conversations between jefferson and abigail adams, and a tour of his gardens at monticello. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this o weekend on c-span3.ntin >>> john dicken is with us, from the government accountability office, director of the public health and private markets division, here with us to talk about a newew study that was toa commissioned to look at the cost of prescription drugsshsh in the u.s. versus a number of other . countries. johnhn dicken, welcome to "washington journal." role d morning, thank you. >> tell our viewers and y listeners again what the role is of the government accountability office. >> ernmenyes. the government accountability office often referred to as gao, is independent, nonpartisan congressional agency. gao is often called the government watchdog. policie we do evaluations of federal programs, federal spending, federal policies, at the request of congress and of leadership in both parties. the c and so we do those evaluations and those reports become publicly available bot

jefferson, on the president's view of education, an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams and a tour of his gardens at monticello. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> next, we continue our look at the chinese in america with a visit to san francisco's chinatown. this is the second of a three-part series and we pick up the story with the discovery of gold in california in 1848. >> we have an unusual and remarkable situation here. gold is discovered in 1848 and the reason why cantoneese were the first to hear about it was because there was already some chinese here. thousands of men began to board ships to head to the gold mountain which california was known as then and still known as the gold mountain. in those days much of the gold was plaster gold, surface gold, washed down from the hills for millions of years. it meant that you could find it on the surface. a man using a simple device like this, a rocker, could in fact just dig up mud, pour water through it and find gold dust and nuggets. men were walking through a field l

jefferson on the president's view on education an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams and a tour of his gardens at monticello exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend. and c-span 3 here next on american history tv a look at the struggles and discrimination faced by chinese immigrants in 19th and early 20th century, california the california historical society and the chinese historical society of america co-hosted this two-hour event. so really the most wonderful part of my evening is introducing our amazing speakers who i know now pretty well. so i'm really grateful to know you both. i'm gonna first introduce

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jefferson on the president's view on education an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams and a tour of his gardens at monticello exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. yeah, yeah next american history tv visits san francisco's chinatown to learn the history of the chinese in america. good afternoon. good afternoon. good afternoon. welcome to the chinese historical society of america. my name is charlie chin. i'm officially listed here as artists in residence, but i do double duty as a historian for a very simple reason as most of you know artists don't make any money whatsoever. but historians are underpaid so it's actually a step up. well we are going to do today is we're going to take an overview of chinese american history. and for that we'll be doing two different sections one will be an in-house docent tour. and the other will be a street tour. we will actually look at chinatown today. for your sake of general education i should point out that we are in a building. that was the old chinatown ywca. it was built in designed in

barker welcome and abigail adams interpreter for a candid conversation. afternoon and welcome to the woodrow wilson international center for scholars woodrow wilson then and now series featuring philip zelikow of the university of virginia and his book the road less traveled the secret battle to end the great war in 1916 to 1917. the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting preeminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in washington. congress established the center in 1968 as the official national memorial to president wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital. it's a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates quote the ideals and concerns of woodrow wilson. as both the distinguished scholar and a national leader president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and policy maker were engaged in what called a common enterprise. today the center takes seriously his views on the need to bridge the gap between t

education an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams and a tour of his gardens at monticello exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend. c-span 3 next on american history tv we hear intelligence experts h, keith melton and robert wallace discussed some of the most notable espionage sites in the nation's capital including embassies hotels and even walking paths the presentation focuses on their book spy sites of washington dc a guide to the capital regions secret history. the international spy museum in washington dc hosted this 90 minute event welcome. we're delighted to see you. i'm peter ernest the executive director. and i think you are in for a scintillating evening. the i must say it it's going to be a pleasure given all that is going on around us. to be able to talk about things that happened in the past scandals and spies stories and so forth. so there are going to be two authors. there are two authors. and actually there was a third one as well who will be here and be introduced. and the first author i think is someone many of yo

barker welcome and abigail adams interpreter for a candid conversation. afternoon and welcome to the woodrow wilson international center for scholars woodrow wilson then and now series featuring philip zelikow of the university of virginia and his book the road less traveled the secret battle to end the great war in 1916 to 1917. the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting preeminentol

sunday, three programs on thomas jefferson, an enter precase conversation between jefferson and abigail adams, and a tour of his gardens. exploring the american story. watch this weekend on c-span3. >>> ucla center for immigration law and policy hosted a discussion with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. he talked about the impact of the pandemic on immigration, unaccompanied minors at the border, and the need for immigration reform.oday' >> i get to do a lot of terrific things, a lot of fun things, an the introduction of today's intr special guest certainly ranks high among those. it's my great pleasure to introduce alejandro mayorkas, who currently serves as the secretary of the united states department of homeland securitye he assumed his post three months ago, and he's also been at the center of a number of decisions and events that hugely impacts the lives of refugees and immigrants to the united states. secretary mayorkas is the first immigrant and the first latino to serve in this position. in addition to his professionala experience inre immigration and citizenship, we'll

jefferson on the president's view on education an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams and a tour of his gardens at monticello exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend. c-span 3 next on american history tv we hear intelligence experts h, keith melton and robert wallace discussed some of the most notable espionage sites in the nation's capital including embassies hotels and even walking paths the presentation focuses on their book spy sites of washington dc a guide to the capital regions secret history. the international spy museum in washington dc hosted this 90 minute event welcome. we're delighted to see you. i'm peter ernest the executive director. and i think you are in for a scintillating evening. the i must say it it's going

rubio, who i had chaired for his campaign for president e in caus'16.y and in 2020 i wrote in abigail - adams because one of the thingsn also that i did not like about thee former president is, you w know, he wasom very quick to attack a lot of women, both democrat and republican, people like my friend susan collins wha he was very nasty about. but also, you know, the way he y talked about many women was certainly very distressing. so he lost virginia by over 10 f points. i was confident that that would be the case in virginia. jer >> let's hear from silver spring, maryland, republican coo line.congress this is jerry for representative barbara comstock. go ahead. >> i think my question has been answered, but it's just -- it's a curious thing, i think, representative, i was going to ask if she could point to any of trump policies that she s disagrees with. j i don't think she does.t: so then it becomes a personalitw issue. and maybe that's just what this is. >> well, i mean, it's a very personality that willi doesn't --ng having a leader th doesn't support the rule of law or the constitution a

jefferson, on the president's view on education, an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams. and a tour of his gardens at monty cello. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> president biden met today with congressional leaders at the white house to discuss bipartisan solutions to issues, including infrastructure. >> i'm happy to have this house and senate leadership here. you can see senator mcconnell and

jefferson, on the president's view on education, on interpretation conversations between jefferson and abigail adams a tour of his gardens at monticello. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this o weekend on c-span3.ntin >>> john dicken is with us, from the government accountability office, director of the public health and private markets division, here with us to talk about a newew study that was toa commissioned to look at the cost of prescription drugsshsh in the u.s. versus a number of other . countries. johnhn dicken, welcome to "washington journal." role d morning, thank you. >> tell our viewers and y listeners again what the role is of the government accountability office. >> ernmenyes. the

sunday, three programs on thomas jefferson, an enter precase conversation between jefferson and abigail adamsand a tour of his gardens. exploring the american story. watch this weekend on c-span3. >>> ucla center for immigration law and policy h

and in 2020, i wrote in abigail adams because i was very -- oneo of the things also that i did s note about the former very quick he was to attack a lot of women, both democrat and republican, peopleo like my friend susan collins who he was very nasty about, but also the way he talked about many women was certainly very distressing. so, he lost virginia by over ten points. i was confident that that would be the case in virginia. >> let's hear from silver spring, maryland.ra republican line, this is jerry e for representatived barbara ughh comstock who served in congress from 2015 to 2019. go ahead. i thi >> hi. i think my question has been rer answered, but it's just, it's a curious thing. i think, representative, i was going to ask if she could pointd to any of trump policies that she e disagrees with.that i i don't think she does. so then it just becomes a personality issue. and maybe that's just what this is. >> well, it's a very destructivn personality that -- having a leader who doesn't support the rule of law or the constitution and is willing to lie to the american people abou

jefferson on the president's view on education an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams and a tour of his gardens at monticello exploring the american story watch american history. be this weekend on c-span 3 entertainer josephine baker baltimore resident, virginia hall and muslim pacifist norcon were recruited as spies during world war ii up next cia museum deputy director janelle neises and professor elizabeth baer discuss the important role these women played and how they were able to use prejudice and sexism to their advantage. this event was hosted by the us holocaust memorial museum, and they provided the video. good morning, and welcome to another episode in our facebook live series. i'm your host historian, edna friedberg. during each program we explore an aspect of holocaust history and its relevance in our world today. here in the united states. the month of march is women's history month and today we'll be discussing stories of the spies. they never saw coming. performer josephine baker was the toast of wartime paris. virginia hall a wealthy young woman from t

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jefferson on the president's view on education an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams and a tour of his gardens at monticello exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 here in the fall of 1841 the slave ship creole left, richmond, virginia on route to new orleans with just over 130 slaves on board when it arrived. the ship's captain was gone as well as most of the slaves up next jeffrey kerr-ritchie tells the story of the creole revolt and the insight it gives into the domestic us slave trade. he's the author of rebellious passage the creole revolt and america's coastal slave trade the virginia museum of history and culture hosted this program and provided the video. today's lecture is rebellious passage the creole revolt and america's coastal slave trade. in october 1841 a ship named the creole left richmond with 137 enslaved people bound for new orleans. arrive, five weeks later minus the captain one passenger and most of the captives. 19 rebels had seized the slave ship and scared it to the british bahamas where the enslaved men