who was she, professor lumsden? >> guest: well, she was, one, the sole martyr for women's suffrage in the united states. she was arguably the most famous female political figure of the 1910s. and she was the epitome of the new woman which was a group that really were the first feminists of the 20th century. among other things, she was as vassar graduate, she was a lawyer who had the fight to be able to practice. she was a free lover, part of the greenwich village crowd. she was a war correspondent. she was a socialist. she was an advocate for prostitutes and, basically, any person who was the underdog. she also was rich are. she was beautiful -- she was rich, she was beautiful and she liked to dance. [laughter] >> host: you open the book at vassar. what happened? and what period are we talking about here this. >> guest: okay. this is 1908, 1909, she's a junior at vassar college. she's also a star athlete, extremely popular. sort of the star of the campus. the women's suffrage movement has just are gotten kind of a j

. >> host: linda lumsden teaches journalism here at the university of arizona and is the author of this book, "inez." >> guest: thank you. >> every weekend booktv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction be hours and -- nonfiction be authors and books on c-span2. keep watching for more it's for serious readers. >> we're outside the trenton city museum this trenton, new jersey, where c-span is learning more about the city's literary scene. up next, we speak with robert greg grieve i have on his book, "borderline citizens." >> older immigration history, tended to focus on nation-centered accounts, so we tended to frame immigration history in terms of the uprooted, the transplanted. and these ideas assumed that migrants crossed a clear boundary, crossing from their home country to the united states. and what i show this my book is that this border was very much constructed between the u.s. and puerto rico and that puerto rican migration is fundamentally shaped by u.s. colonial policy on the island. in the war of 1898, the u.s. invades puerto rico and the philippines. and after the war we will tak

. >> host: linda lumsden is here and she is the author of this book "inez" the life and time of inez millholland. who was she? >> she was the sole martyr for women's referage movement for women's rights. she was a lawyer who had to fight to be able to practice, she was a free lover, part of the greenitch village crowd, she was a war correspondent, a socialist, an advocate for prostitutes and any person who was the underdog. she was rich. she was beautiful. and she liked to dance. >> you open the book at baser. what happens? what period are we talking about? >> she is a junior and a star of the campus. hillary stanton blast is going out and women are in the tread. inez spent her teenagerane years in britain -- she goes to the president and says we will like to have a blast and she doesn't take no for an answer. she leaves one spring day, about 25 students, and faculty follow her from campus next door to the cemetery and there all these women listened to these suffrages. these 20th century women who were independent and all about freedom, agency, the ability to live meaningful lives an

a match watched byjim lumsden.he world number one began the second day of the final trailing 10-7 but second day of the final trailing 10—7 but needed to win the last three frames. selby was down on sunday after a gruelling semi—final but seemed a man reborn on monday as he commented —— dominated. albeit some scrappy snooker, to steal it. at the end of the session, it raced into a 13— 11 lead. the champion emerged from the break and picked up where he left off, profiting from huygens‘ errors to take another frame that anyone can make mistakes. even selby. that he did. he was two behind. mark selby soared again, picking up the next two frames to move within two victory. the four—time champion was far from done but he won three frames to fall back contention. selby‘s back was against the wall. he responded to pressure and moved within a frame. this time, no mistake and the man he called the jester from leicester, no mistake and the man he called the jesterfrom leicester, kicked his nerve to win his third world champi

sadly for her that record continued today with a first round defeat to the world number 109 as jim lumsdenkonte‘s improvement does not yet extend to clay. she was looking to get past the first round for the first time. the first set was a formality. the second set was the opposite. the chinese player picked up opposite. the chinese player picked up by opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance and opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance and despite being below third by —— being below konte, she won the set. dernbach was hitting the shots straight at her opponent. the chinese player continue to chip away. she survived another game but her arrival was short lived. better disappointment for konte, who is still to win this kind of match. former us open champion sam stosur has suggested that some players may decide to boycott playing on the arena named after margaret court at next year's australian open this comes after court, who won 2a grand slam singles titles including wimbledon in 1970, and

a match watched byjim lumsden.f the final trailing 10-7 but second day of the final trailing 10—7 but needed to win the last three frames. selby was down on sunday after a gruelling semi—final but seemed a man reborn

jim lumsden watched the action.ld number eight was looking to get past the first round for the first time. in her way, her opponent hsieh. the first set was a formality. the second set was the opposite. the chinese taipei player fought with greater resistance. despite being ranked 101 places lower than johanna konta, she despite being ranked 101 places lower thanjohanna konta, she won the tie—break 7—2. this was unexpected. johanna konta was hitting her shots straight at her opponent and was soon broken in the decider. hsieh continued to chip away at the british player. she found herself serving to stay in the match. but survived another game. but the revival was short lived. hsieh won the third set. bitter disappointment forjohanna konta, still to win in the main draw at roland—garros. jim lumsden, bbc news. andy murray is currently in action. currently leading 5—2 in his match. we will bring you the latest in the next hour. we will see you later, sorry about that, hugh! simon has an issue with his microphone. mean

jim lumsden watched the action. the first set was a formality. the second set was the opposite. was the opposite. she put upa second set was the opposite. she put up a greater resistance. despite being racked 101 places below konta, she won the tie—break. but konta was hitting her shots at her opponent. hsieh continued to chip away at the british player and found herself serving to stay in the match. see she survived one more game but survival was short—lived. bitter disappointment for konta, who is still to win a match at roland garros. meanwhile, on the main show court, andy murray starts his campaign against russia's andrey kuznetsov with murray hoping to improve his run on clay this season — he's lost as many matches as he's w011. that's all sport for now. just a reminder, arsene wenger will stay at arsenal for two more years at least. it will officially be announced tomorrow. find out more reaction to that on our website. i'll have more in the next hour. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is campaigning today on the party's promise of free childcare for two to four year olds. howev

a match watched byjim lumsden.ng 10-7, but second day of the far north trailing 10—7, but had won the last three frames. dark selby was 10—4 down at one stage, but seemed reborn on monday. some scrappy snooker, he managed to steal it from higgins —— mark. he raced to the lead. the defending champion emerged from the break and picked up where he left off. profiting from higgins' errors. anyone can make mistakes, even mark selby. and he did that. he gives just two behind. he gives won the next two frames to move closer to victory. the champion was far from done, and he won three frames to bring himself back to contention. mark selby responded to the pressure and move within one frame of the title. this time, there was no mistake. they call thejester from leicester moved into first place. —— moved full. has been a world number one for the last two years and will continue. there was a time when i was missing everything, when it was 10-4. i was missing everything, when it was 10—11. i thought, was missing everything, wh

jim lumsden reports. the tourists won the toss and chose to bowl.d fourth wickets. firstjos buttler and rashid. england any hole on 20—6. the earnings were made west embarrassing byjonny bairstow and a stylish debut from toby rowland jones. but they were 153 all out after just 15 overs. jones. but they were 153 all out afterjust 15 overs. south africa began their reply. 0n afterjust 15 overs. south africa began their reply. on his return, robinjones was presented by the first wicket. it was merely the name the inevitable. england slipped to a seventh wicket defeat. key players had been arrested but nevertheless, hardly ideal preparation for the champions trophy which begins on thursday. britain's aliash bedene has won his first round match of the french open, beating american ryan harrison by three sets to one. bedene eased into a two set lead — winning the second by 6 games to love injust 18 minutes — the american winning only seven points. harrison pulled a set back but the british number three, who's ranked 10 places below harrison in the world r

jim lumsden watched the action.s not yet extend to clay. the world number eight was looking to get past the first round for the first time. in her way, to get past the first round for the first time. in herway, her opponent. the second set was the opposite. the chinese player but a bit greater resistance —— chinese taipei player. she put up a great resistance. this was unexpected. johanna konta was hitting her shots straight at her opponent and was soon straight at her opponent and was soon broken in the decider. her opponent continued to chip away at the player. but survived another game. but the revival was short lived. hsieh won the third set. bitter disappointment forjohanna konta, still to win in the main draw at roland—garros. andy murray has begun his french open campaign with a first round match against andre kuznetzov. the world number one reached the final last year but is on a run of poorform. he has won the first set against the unseeded russian 6—4. andy murray took the lead in the second and the score