my subject is catherine beecher 19 century reformer and educator. she is different from the other biographies that she does reflect 19th century development over twentieth century development. she was a little of the martha stewart of hurray age that she was a proponent of a lifestyle with the emphasis of domesticity and motherhood and she was neither. but she also made a name for herself fuzzy education reformer. >> thanks for coming. as a panelist to come together for those groups of women and i am excited because not often are they put together. elizabeth gurley flynn lived 18931964 and was a tireless advocate for socialism, feminism and free speech. starting her career for the industrial workers of the world and later became of leader of the communist party. both she defended the right thigh of free speech with the red scare following world war i and also world war ii. she spent the majority of pro-life to persuade the american people that socialism would be happier or more secure peaceful or just more equitable system to provide much capitalism