it was invented by the fred harvey company because fred can always be around. my little companies use now to turn their brands to something bigger than just their employees. and of course, for every executive of the company, there were thousands and thousands of what you know our harvey girls and we had bonne dressed up as early herbie krill this morning for the harvey girls for the first female workforce in america. it is believed he hired over the many years 100,000 women. the women were hired here in kansas city or in chicago. they were trained here or in topeka or in eastern kansas houses and their idea was they would not hire local women to be in the restaurant. they trained their own harvey girls and they send them to all the various locations in western kansas and colorado, all through the southwest, all through california so they could control their workforce in the harvey girls had decided certificate saying they would not marry for six months after they went to their posting and if they sit in the cockney for six the connecticut free train travel anyw

man and all of the fred harvey properties. any other questions? okay. thank you very much. it's great to meet all of you. i would be happy to sign some books. [applause] stephen fried as the author of legal hazzard drugs. he's a two-time recipient of the magazine award and is fighting appeared in rolling stone, "vanity fair" and "the washington post" magazine. he is currently an adjunct professor at columbia university grad school of journalism. to find of more, vis stpehenfried.com. >>> coming up next, book tv period since "after words," an hourlong discussion between a guest host and the author of a new book. this week and university of minnesota professor and historian, elaine tyler may, talks about her book, "america and the pill," which chronicles the history and impact of the birth control pill in the u.s.. professor may argues the most important change brought about by the hills for married couples, making it possible for women to plan careers. elaine tyler may is interviewed by christina hoff sommers, a scholar at the

fred harvey service. heavy china. heavy silver ware. fresh food.y would stop in newton, kansas to get fresh bread and they would stop in colorado and places to get trout and all that sort of stuff. they would then go to chicago and they would have dinner or lunch in the pump room -- the hotel restaurant in -- >> charlie: chicago. >> chicago. then they would take the broadway limited or the 20th century limited to new york. it was the way to travel. of course, i never was on the super chief when i was a little boy in kansas. that was not how we traveled. i have been on a lost trains since but i was not on that one. what was so fun about this, charlie, i will finally say, "ok, now you can ask me another question, i'm just going on" -- but the bottom line was this. i decided i wanted to write about the super chief and i realized in order to do it i had to do enough research, meaning watch movies, d.v.d.'s, read books, think about it, talk to people to where i could actually get on that train and be on that train long enough to write the book. what mov