astrid henry makes clear the central role of women of color in the emergence of a third wave wave.the heightened sensitivity to rape -- race and ethnicity to her generation among feminists and the demographic and technological changes that increase the possibility of truly multiracial and global organizing. but she also notes that a lack of historical perspective and the continued investment of class and white privilege which has certainly not gone away lead to continued complex even within that movement and gives examples like the wok or the advocacy of leaning in that echo problems of the past. i do want to challenge one argument in the book and not surprisingly it's from the chapter on women's liberation which is where i encounter feminism. linda gordon argues that the initial separation of feminist generations between friends is the national organization for women and women's liberation did not last long quote because the movement became vastly larger but coming from a small city in new new york were feminist supposedly overcame their differences more easily and embracing women

linda gordon is university professor of history and humanities at new york university and astrid henryis the chair of women's studies at cornell college. >> thank you. thanks so much for those remarks remarks. thank you for putting so much care and thought into it and i really appreciate what you said about the book. you have also raised a lot of very interesting issues that i want us to have time to address common issues of identity, priorities language how we describe the history of feminism feminism. i want to take a few minutes just to talk about the women that i write about in my chapter chapter. i think the agenda that they pursued for the 50 years that i write about it's actually a 50 year period that for a long time people called, it was the boulder in years it was can you imagine this a whole half century of feminism when i wasn't supposed to be anything happening? it turned out that there was a lot happening from the 1920s right into the 60s. i wanted to say a few words about those women because they think what they fought for which was then inclusive agenda of women's rights

astrid henry makes clear the central role of women of color in the emergence of a third wave wave.the heightened sensitivity to rape -- race and ethnicity to her generation among feminists and the demographic and technological changes that increase the possibility of truly multiracial and global organizing. but she also notes that a lack of historical perspective and the continued investment of class and white privilege which has certainly not gone away lead to continued complex even within that movement and gives examples like the wok or the advocacy of leaning in that echo problems of the past. i do want to challenge one argument in the book and not surprisingly it's from the chapter on women's liberation which is where i encounter feminism. linda gordon argues that the initial separation of feminist generations between friends is the national organization for women and women's liberation did not last long quote because the movement became vastly larger but coming from a small city in new new york were feminist supposedly overcame their differences more easily and embracing women

but patrick henry, who stood astride this government of virginia like a closet and commanded the majority with absolutely obedience, was able to get these measures through the virginia legislature. at the end of the session, james gordon, who was james madison's seatmate -- went insane, from having to deal with the anti-federalist backlash. enough to drive you crazy. two other very important things happened in this session. first of all, this is back when, under our original constitution, the state legislatures elected senators. james madison is offered up by the federalists as a senator. patrick henry talks about blood in the land. that there's going to be this great turmoil if we elect a federalist to congress and he'll never support your rights. and james madison loses the senate election to two anti-federalist by a majority. >> now, patrick henry didn't have the same fist sophisticated voter data but what he did have were the results of the virginia ratification conventions. two delegates were selected from every county. because of the late date, delegates were more or less on the rec