up next, george mason university history professor rosemarie zagarri examines the important role that women played in generating support for the revolutionary war and how their involvement helped pave the way for a greater political identity for women within the new nation. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. i am, indeed, robert griswold, hudson family chair of history and chair of the history department here at the university of oklahoma. before i introduce this afternoon's speaker and on behalf of the entire history department, i want to thank event possible. he has a deep love for the study of history. he, in fact, majored in history in college. and that affection is reflected in today's event. i would also like to recognize and thank professor kyle harper for his great work in establishing the institute for the american constitutional heritage. thank you for joining us for founding women, how women shaped the founding with rosemarie zagarri, professor of history at george mason university in fairfax, virginia. professor zagarri earned her doctorate from yale university where she

professor zagarri earned her doctorate from yale. and before joining the faculty at george mason, she taught at west virginia university and catholic university of america. her scholarly articles have appeared in leading journals including "the journal of american history," "the american quarterly," "the journal of the early republic," "william & mary quarterly," along with numerous essays in edited collections. she has been the recipient of such honors as the outstanding article prize awarded by the southeastern 18th century studies association, fellowships from the national endowment for the humanities, the american antiquarian society and the american philosophical society, also an appointment to the thomas jefferson chair and american studies at the university of amsterdam in the netherlands. professor zagarri has appeared as an on-camera historian on c-span, on pbs, and on the fairfax television network. in 2009, she was elected president of the society for historians of the early american republic. and in 2011 was appointed a d

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. >> sunday night at 9:00, george mason university professor rosemarie zagarri on the role of women during the revolutionary war. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton hosted the second global chiefs of mission conference this last week. they got together to discuss their work and challenges and priorities abroad. secretary clinton welcomed the newest ambassador from iran and engaging in islamic groups. this is 30 minutes. [ applause ] >> well, thank you all very much, and welcome to the global chief of mission conference. we are really pleased and excited to have almost every ambassador and certainly all of our leaders from state and usa here today for the conference. i just want to give a brief overview before i turn it over to the secretary, and hopefully today you will find that all of the things -- all of your questions will be answered and all of the things you've wondered about, you will no longer wonder about. just to remind everybody, we are going to start out by having the secretary open the conference, and she is going to sp

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. >> sunday night at 9:00, rosemarie zagarri on the role of women during the american revolution. >> next, remarks from oklahoma senator tom coburn on the future of medicare and what changes need to happen. he spoke earlier at the hudson institute. >> good morning and good welcome to the conference center here at the hudson institute. i am ken weinstein. i would like to welcome our live viewing audience at home on c- span. thank our friends for covering the event. the hudson institute was founded 51 years ago as a forward-looking policy restructure organization designed to think creatively about how to achieve a better future in the face of unprecedented challenges of the early 1960's. the key to our research then as well as today is a unique approach in trying to solve problems deemed unsolvable by the so-called experts. we have done this repeatedly over the past five decades my understanding policy in a broad perspective calling in sight their integrated research that calls on human ingenuity through science technology and innovation, all this against a backdrop of shifting demogra

. >> ended at 9:00, george mason university professor rosemarie zagarri on the role of women in the u-- in the revolutionary war. >> a few days ago when we were in the nub amaountains moms are dropped on a village. we found a nine-year boy who had his hands blown off. as we travelled further north we were greeted by hundreds of villagers carrying signs reading "stop --" we were met with 3 300 millimeter rockets overhead. we witnessed hundreds of people fighting for their safety. that happens every day. these people are not the cave people of a new boss -- nuba, they live and farms. they have the old society in the world. yet, now are forced to fight -- now they are forced to hide and caves. >> search the c-span video library for actor and watch other celebrities and their causes. >> republican presidential candidate rick santorum held a rally in illinois on saturday and butcher block manufacturing facility. [applause] >> thank you very much. what a great day. thank you, illinois. what a great turnout. i am overwhelmed by the people here. this is awesome. it is great to be here were th