professor nancy unger will help us know belle la follette for who she really is. nancy? [applause] ms. unger: hello. thank you for that lovely introduction. i have given talks to the humanist community of silicon valley and they are one of my favorite audiences because they stay awake and they ask great questions. i have been looking forward to this talk. i want to thank you for inviting me to the humanist association of the greater sacramento area. i want to thank bill potts for his heroic efforts to publicize this talk and to make me feel welcome. i have written this brand-new biography of belle la follette and i am dying to talk with you about it about her as a representative of the many women who contributed significantly to american politics, even long before women have the vote. hillary clinton may well be the first female president and if she is, she will deserve the credit for it. but as clinton herself acknowledges, it took a lot of work by previous women and some men to make the case that women are capable of political leadership, even at the highest level. bell

next, santa clara professor nancy unger nancy unger is the author of "belle la follette," which tellshe story of this journalist, suffragist, and pacifist. she campaigned alongside her husband and son in their own bids for office. the humanist association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event. it is about an hour.

nancy unger is the author of "belle la follette," which tells the story of this journalist, suffragist, and pacifist. who campaigned along

nancy unger is the author of " belle la follette" which tells the story of this journalist, suffragistand pacifist. the humanist association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event. it is about our. -- it is about an hour. speaker asked me if i could give her only a brief introduction. is belle la follette

next, santa clara university history professor nancy unger discusses women rights activists belle la follette who was politically active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. unger is the author of "belle la follette," which tells the story of this journalist, suffragist, and pacifist. she campaigned alongside her husband and son. the humanist association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event. it is about an hour. >> today's speaker asked me if i could give her only a brief introduction. her subject is belle la follet