now it is my great pleasure to introduce rebecca roberts, who will continue our discussion of edith wilson, thank you. >> thank you so much, i will say i came to edith wilson, i have a biography of her coming out next year because i have written a couple books about suffrage. whenever i give talks about suffrage people ask me about edith. there was some narrative out there that maybe she was whispering in wilson's ear to make him finally, reluctantly support the 19th amendment which is totally untrue, as mary said she was about against federal suffrage. there is this notion out there that she was, you can call her lady macbeth, some kind of manipulative power behind the throne. if you do not think that of her than you think she is this sort of country bumpkin who did not have much education, who won the president's heart because she was so pretty. who had no business holding the power that she did when wilson had a stroke. let's be clear, she did have no business holding that power, no one elected edith to anything. whether she did it well or not, it is still, or whether she had good inten

our second panelists will be rebecca roberts curator of programming at planet word a museum of words and language in washington, dc. and our third panelists will be dr. stacey cordray who holds the dentists and von johnson endowed chair in theodore roosevelt studies at dickinson university in north dakota here. more biographic information on each panel is available on the flare website at flair-net.org. we will be taking questions at the end of the program, which should be email to first ladies 2021@gmail.com. now with great pleasure. i turn over the the program to my friend and scholar dr. catherine sibley. thank you so much nancy what a lovely introduction of our exciting panel this evening, and it's so lovely to have you all here. thank you so much for coming and it is my great pleasure to open up with our first presenter. who is dr. mary stockwell, and i'm so excited to hear what she has to say about edith wilson. thank you all. all right. thank you. my slides there they are. thank you so much. um, thanks for inviting me. thanks for everyone at flair. thanks also to the rosie the

our second panelists will be rebecca roberts curator of programming at planet word a museum of words and language in washington, dc. and our third panelists will be dr. stacey cordray who holds the dentists and von johnson endowed chair in theodore roosevelt studies at dickinson university in north dakota here. more biographic information on each panel is available on the flare website at flair-net.org. we will be taking questions at the end of the program, which should be email to first ladies 2021@gmail.com. now with great pleasure. i turn over the the program to my friend and scholar dr. catherine sibley. thank you so much nancy what a lovely introduction of our exciting panel this evening, and it's so lovely to have you all here. thank you so much for coming and it is my great pleasure to open up with our first presenter. who is dr. mary stockwell, and i'm so excited to hear what she has to say about edith wilson. thank you all. all right. thank you. my slides there they are. thank you so much. um, thanks for inviting me. thanks for everyone at flair. thanks also to the rosie the

all rebecca calvin roberts and amanda patel do stand by because coming up, what happened? can't to see it. we'll show you as we crowned today's greatest britain and union jackass but first, how on earth was double rapist sent to an all women's prison in scotland after claiming to be a female ? while calvin mackenzie female? while calvin mackenzie tries to make sense of that alarming story, his life in just 2 minutes time. time now for one cancelled . and time now for one cancelled. and this is where britain's top commentators out on controversial issues without fear of the cancel culture sweeping the rest of the media, the stark danger of gender extremism was laid bare after a trans rapist convicted of two sex attacks against vulnerable women while a man was sent to a female prison. so this is isla bryson, who was previously as adam graham violently attacked the women in 2016 and 2019. but then transitioned after an initial appearance which took place a month after the second assault. bryson expected to be held at an all female institution in stirling , but institution in

all rebecca calvin roberts and amanda patel do stand by because coming up, what happened? can't to see it. we'll show you as we crowned today's greatest britain and union jackass but first, how on earth was double rapist sent to an all women's prison in scotland after claiming to be a female ? while calvin mackenzie female? while calvin mackenzie tries to make sense of that alarming story, his life in just 2 minutes time. time now for one cancelled . and time now for one cancelled. and this is where britain's top commentators out on controversial issues without fear of the cancel culture sweeping the rest of the media, the stark danger of gender extremism was laid bare after a trans rapist convicted of two sex attacks against vulnerable women while a man was sent to a female prison. so this is isla bryson, who was previously as adam graham violently attacked the women in 2016 and 2019. but then transitioned after an initial appearance which took place a month after the second assault. bryson expected to be held at an all female institution in stirling , but institution in

i went to join him and thinking robert door, rebecca good, for there or welcoming us to the seymour institute for black causes and study is so honored to be partnering with aei for this event. we are there in and the importance of this moment to have these three brilliant speakers, mary and glendon, our beloved cornell west, the beloved robby george to be talking about this very important topic. you heard briefly, this really started for us the seymour institute last year. when we convened a group of clergy to pray, to pray for the country on the anniversary of january 6, 2021 on the first anniversary. to pray for the country in the face of this astounding and dismaying events. and for us, this panel is really an answer to prayer. it is an answer to prayer, an opportunity to think more deeply about what happened then, about roots and about the consequences about what we do going forward. this work between seymour institute in american enterprise institute is vitally important for us. because it models the power of discourse and engagement across difference. we are encouraged we can affirm our

i want to join him in thanking robert doar, rebecca good, and ian rowe for there welcoming us into aei. the seymour institute for black church and policy studies dishonor to be partnering with aei undoing this event. we are grateful for their visions and recognizing the importance of this moment to have these three brilliant speakers, mary ann glendon, our beloved cornel west, beloved arabi george, they have them talking about this very important topic. you heard briefly that this really started for us at the seymour institute last year. we convened a group of clergy to pray for the country on the anniversary of january 6th, 2021, on the first anniversary, to pray for the country in the face of this astounding and dismaying event. for us, this panel is really an answer to prayer. it is an answer so prayer, an opportunity to think more deeply about what happened then, about the roots, about the consequences, about what we do going forward. this work between the senior institute and the american enterprise institute is vitally important for us because it models the power of discourse and

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