allgor attended mt. holyoke college. her dissertation received a prize as the best dissertation in american history at yale and the learner scott prize for the best dissertation in u.s. women's history. she began her teaching career at simmons college and has been a fellow at the radcliffe institute for advance study and visiting professor of history at harvard university. allgor's first book "parlor politics" in which ladies of washington helped build a city and government won the first book prize for the society of historians of the early american republic and the northeast popular culture american culture association annual book award. her political biography "a perfect union dolly madison and the creation of the american nation was a finalist for the george washington book prize. in 2012 she published "dolly madison" and the queen of america mary cutts life of dolly madison. appointed allgor to presidential commission. dr. allgor also serves on the board of directors of the national women's history museum. thank you

allgor attended college as a frances perkins scholar and received her ph.d. with distinction from yale university, where she also won the yale teaching award. her dissertation received a prize as the best dissertation in american history at yale, and the learners price for the best dissertation in u.s. women's history. she began her teaching career at cements college and has been a fellow at the ratcliffe institute for advanced study and a visiting professor of history at harvard university. allgor first book, parlor of politics, and which the latest washington helped build a city and government, help win the big price for the side of historians for the early american republic, and the northeast popular culture american culture association annual book award. her political biography, a perfect union, dolly madison and the creation of the american nation, was a finalist for the george washington book prize. in 2012, she published dolly madison, the queen of america. life of delhi madison. president obama appointed allgor to a presidential commission, the james

doctor allgor also serves on the board of directors on the national women's history museum. thank you so much for joining us tonight. i will turn things over to you. >> hello, everyone. good evening. amelia, how am i? can you hear and say me? good, thank you. it's such an honor to be here today. thank you for inviting me and thank you ashley and alvin make the magic of tech work. before i begin, i just want to say that i want to give a content warning. i mentioned the word rate twice. so let us begin. let's start with my title the word every american should know. it sounds a little bit like i'm on a crusade, and i sort of am. so let me tell you how it started. in 2012 i was invited to a teacher training institute at mount vernon. the topic of the institute was, what was going to be the next area of research in studies on the revolutionary era? so, scholars who did particular subject areas were invited and i was invited because i am a historian of women's lives and gender and that's what i was there to speak to. coverture, and that's the word i want every american to know, wa

. >> our guest tonight is catherine allgor previously previously she had b