rose was in favor of this, graham stokes was against it, and now in favor of the russian revolution, this true the anger of many people including graham's uncle, the hotel owner. here is a report about him from the bureau of investigation, the predecessor of the fbi that says asian received word from stokes at various times, held meetings with socialists and if a search was made of the premises some valuable information could be secured. a few days later we know from the records of the bureau he called the bureau, said that rose and graham would be out of town and it was a chance to search the house. the investigation kept a close eye on rose, agents, they transcribed her speeches which turned out to be useful for me and kept close track of her. in 1918 she was arrested and put on trial for speaking against the war and sentenced to ten years under the espionage act under the stringent law that criminalized all forms of dissent in the country. graham put up bail money, they appealed the case, the sentence was overturned on appeal and she didn't have to go to jail but the marriage was o

when he came to new york, graham stokes is on the platform with him because graham was running from the lower east side and rose campaign for both of them. in the graham north eugene won their elections. but people remained fascinated by this couple. everyone still saw it a cinderella story. the marriage inspired two novels. it was one of them salomÉ the tenant it was turned into a solid film. unfortunately the film was lost as many films of that era did not survive but we still have promotional photos from it the actors playing rose and graham. here's one of them. what they are saying to each other in the film, your guess is as good as mine. this was time when they were not even involved in these movements, became acutely conscious of some of the injustices of american life. one episode, dramatized the terrible labor conditions in bold clothing workers. workers worked in the pringle shirtwaist company in new york city just off of washington square, there was a terrible fire turnovers on an upper floor were trapped and unable to get out and end it was an inadequate fire escape that coll

when he came to new york, graham stokes was on the platform with him because graham was running as a socialist candidate for the new york state legislature from the lower east side. and rose went out and campaigned for both of them. neither graham nor eugene debs won their elections, but people remained fascinated by this couple. everyone still saw it as the cinderella story. the marriage if inspired two novels. here's one of them, and it was turned into a silent film. unfortunately, the film was lost as with many films of that era, it did not survive, but we still have promotional photos from it of the actors playing rose and graham. here's one of them. what they're saying to each other in the film, your guess is as good as mine. now, this was a time when many people, even those who were not involved in the socialist movement or other progressive movements, became acutely conscious of some of the injustices of american life. one episode that dramatized the terrible labor conditions of the time involved clothing workers. workers who worked in the triangle shirt waist company in new y

james graham phelps stokes. as you can tell from the name, very different background, anglo saxon protestant and his friends call him back home. and he rose fell in love. he came from the most different kind of background imaginable. here for example, is his parents summer home. [laughter]. the house in the mountains in western massachusetts. the time it was built in the 1890s, it was for a time, the largest private home in the united states. one hundred rooms. and legend has it that one of graham's brothers was in the class of 1896 at yell, sent a telegram to his mother saying that he was bringing some ' 96, phyllis home for the weekend. his mother that the telegram and he ' got dropped from the telegram. and his mother replied, many guests are ready here, have room for only 50. [laughter]. and not in the summer later, some of the week in homes, the family lived in new york in this mansion at madison avenue and 37th street, a building that today as part of the morgan library. here are graham's parents, each of

the first world war created a rift between rose and graham stokes.he became convinced it was a terrible mistake to go to war. he was so enthusiastic about the war that he and listed in the military. too old to get sent overseas, but was in the new york national guard for several years, never got closer to combat than marching in parades like this one on fifth avenue. something else divided them that happened in late 1917. the russian revolution. the second stage of the revolution when the bolsheviks took over. rose was in favor of this. graham strongly against it. she continued speaking out against american participation in the first world war and now in favor of the russian revolution as well. and this drew the anger of many people including graham's uncle and thof the angry hotel owner d remember him here is a report about him from the final files e bureau investigation the predecessor of the fbi that says agent received word from stokes at various times the residence at grove street held meetings with socialists and if a searcs made of the premise

was a founding member of america's communist party and married to new york millionaire, james graham stokeslater, journalist janice kaplan on the discoveries of women geniuses today and throughout history. enjoy book tv now and over the weekend on c-span2.

was a founding member of america's communist party and married to new york millionaire, james graham stokes. later, journalist janice kaplan on the discoveries of women geniuses today and throughout history. enjoy book tv now and over the weekend on c-span2. >> robert wilson is with us today courtesy of paul and heather hamilton. bob is the author of matthew brady, portraits of a nation and the explorer king, a biography of clarence king. he is the editor of the american scholar, former editor of preservation and the founding literary editor of civilization. a former book editor and columnist for u.s. today and a former editor at the washington post book world. his essays reviews and fiction have appeared in numerous publications, including the american scholar, the american short fiction, the atlantic monthly, the new republic and the smithsonian, washington post magazine and the wilson quarterly. and on the op-ed opinion and book review pages of the boston globe. "the new york times", u.s. today and "the washington post". he lives in manassas, virginia. please give a warm savannah welcome

early 20th century russian immigrant rose pastor stokes who is a founding member of america's communist party and married to new york millionaire james graham felt stone and later journalist janet kaplan on the discoveries of women geniuses today and throughout history. enjoy book tv now and over the weekend on c-span2.

then the early 20th century -- rose pastor stokes was a founding member of americans communists party and married to new york millionaire, james graham and later, the discoveries of women geniuses today and throughout history. into a book tv and over the weekend on c-span2. >> c-span has round-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic and it is all available on demand as c-span.org/coronavirus. watch white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the u.s. and the world with interactive maps, watch on-demand any time unfiltered at c-span.org/coronavirus.

rose pastor stokes was a founding member of americans communists party and married to new york millionaire, james graham. and later, the discoveries of women geniuses today and throughout history. into a book tv and over the weekend on c-span2. >> c-span has round-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic and it is all available on demand as c-span.org/coronavirus. watch white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the u.s. and the world with interactive maps, watch on-demand any time unfiltered at c-span.org/coronavirus. >> good evening everyone. i am so glad you are here tonight. i am going to say a few words about -- before i welcome to knight's guests. for a moment of history the strand was founded 93 years ago by my grandfather, benjamin bass. [applause] he founded this story in an area that was known as book row come along fourth avenue, just along the corner from here. it was the storm of the depression come and he defied the odds by surviving while all the other fortier bookstores them book row shuddered. the store wa