you're thinking wendy davis. no. totally different davis. no relation, different party. sarah davis is a three-term texas lawmaker. she's a breast cancer survivor. she's an attorney. she is a republican. she is a texas republican. in the summer of 2013 during the wendy davis filibuster of the anti-abortion vote that shut down dozens of clinics across the state, sarah davis made a name for herself as the only house republican to vote against those new restrictions. sarah davis explained her position at the time, quote, a traditional republican perspective is personal freedom, individual responsibility, and limited government. that is to me what being a republican is. so just as much as i'm opposed to over-regulation of industry, i'm opposed to the legislature practicing medicine. i'm opposed to the legislature practicing medicine. that was sarah davis.

wendy davis, even our culture and literary critics what do you all have to say to young women now who have things to say who have that voice and are looking to share it? >> first it is an extraordinary joy and freedom to be political and to be politically engaged. as someone who has been a lot of for life organizing against corruption i do not want to be a part of that world that has dissuaded people from getting involved. i involved. i actually think one thing that is important is for people to get directly involved in electoral work. what i see often is that there is real excitement about working for nonprofits there is real excitement about maybe going to the streets, protesting, and a total disdain total disdain for running for office. i see young women organizing at syracuse a couple months ago and asked her whether she would think about running for office, really have a lot of things to say, really thoughtful deep in the weeds on policy and she said no, no, i can't do that. why not? she did not have an answer. is it because it is corrupt? is it because it is square? showing my a

think you all saw around the country what happened in texas the summer before last, the famous wendy davisilibuster. but that was actually the culmination of the use of social media when abortion issues were brought up in a special session at the last minute, and so from tuesday to friday, we were able to bill the capitol. and at one point they had to close the doors because so many people came, the occupancy limit had been exceeded. so these are our tools. but nonetheless, we are -- we let people know on payday lending. these are economic issues, so we attack. for us it means different things. for us it means in-state tuition. we all know the wage someone makes if they don't finish high school, if they do finish high school and if they get a college degree. so we have a significant hispanic community and a significant immigrant community, so years back, over a decade ago, we were able to pass a bill that allowed immigrant students to pay in-state tuition because they had been here so long they actually qualified. however, they didn't have the legal status to be able to do so. but that's u

i think you all saw around the country what happened in texas the summer before last the famous wendy davis filibuster. but that was actually the culmination of the use of social media when abortion issues were brought up in a special session at the last minute and so from tuesday to friday we were able to bill the capitol. and at one point they had to close the doors because so many people came the occupancy limit had been exceeded. so these are our tools. but nonetheless, we are -- we let people know on payday lending. these are economic issues so we attack. for us it means different things. for us it means in-state tuition. we all know the wage someone makes if they don't finish high school, if they do finish high school and if they get a college degree. so we have a significant hispanic community and a significant immigrant community so years back over a decade ago, we were able to pass a bill that allowed immigrant students to pay in-state tuition because they had been here so long they actually qualified. however, they didn't have the legal status to be able to do so. but that's under

think you all saw around the country what happened in texas the summer before last, the famous wendy davisilibuster. but that was actually the culmination of the use of social media when abortion issues were brought up in a special session at the last minute, and so from tuesday to friday, we were able to bill the capitol. and at one point they had to close the doors because so many people came, the occupancy limit had been exceeded. so these are our tools. but nonetheless, we are -- we let people know on payday lending. these are economic issues, so we attack. for us it means different things. for us it means in-state tuition. we all know the wage someone makes if they don't finish high school, if they do finish high school and if they get a college degree. so we have a significant hispanic community and a significant immigrant community, so years back, over a decade ago, we were able to pass a bill that allowed immigrant students to pay in-state tuition because they had been here so long they actually qualified. however, they didn't have the legal status to be able to do so. but that's u

wendy strassmann will ask that for david ryan davis.[applause] >> david brion davis is ill and would've given these words if he could have been here tonight. today the third i'll enough my problem with slavery trilogy has won the national book critics circle award brings back and reinforces the excitement i felt 48 years ago when the first volume when the pulitzer prize for nonfiction. 48 years. i'm deeply moved by the extraordinary prestige of this award and unconscious of the competition i faced from for outstanding works of nonfiction. since the second volume of the trilogy won the national book award and the bancroft prize it is throwing the third volume has today won the national critics circle award. i send my deepest appreciation to all those involved. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name is mark at pakistan has been my great privilege for the past year to serve as the chair of the nbc fiction committee, which has arrived at these five stellar finalists. robbie allen again, unnecessary women. [applause] marlin james a b