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The White House has been a historically male-dominated office, but since its origins, women have played an integral role in influencing its history, both from inside and outside of the First Family. Beginning with early America, experts survey and celebrate how women have affected the executive branch and our nation as a whole.

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In a powerful talk highlighting the main theme of her groundbreaking BBC/Netflix documentary series The Ascent of Woman, historian Amanda Foreman delves into the social, political, and economic importance of gender equality—a history that has spanned millennia and cultures and has developed into one of the critical issues of the 21st century.

Amanda Foreman, an award-winning author, historian, and journalist, is the writer and presenter of the BBC/Netflix series The Ascent of Woman.

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In a captivating conversation, leading foreign policy authorities discuss the vital importance of global strategy in an increasingly interconnected world and explore how foreign policy shapes the international community, influencing issues from national security to humanitarianism.

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Bob Woodward, one of the key reporters to uncover the Watergate Scandal in 1972, in conversation with Akhil Reed Amar, discusses his iconic career as a preeminent investigative journalist and the shocking Nixon scandal he unearthed, drawing on insight from inside the inner sanctum of the administration with brand-new interviews and previously unstudied government documents.

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9–9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30–11 am: Program

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9–9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30–11 am: Program

In continued commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Reconstruction, leading historians discuss the transformative post-Civil War era and its impact on the course of American history.

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With articles written by some of America’s most important figures including Ida B. Wells and Martin Luther King, Jr., The Chicago Defender chronicled and influenced the history of the 20th century from Jim Crow and the Great Migration to the elections of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy. Author Ethan Michaeli and journalist Brent Staples discuss the history of race in America through the lens of this legendary black newspaper.

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Prohibition is often glamorized in popular culture as a rule-breaking era filled with flappers, gangsters, and speakeasies. Historians Lisa McGirr and Eric Foner uncover a more complex history behind the 18th Amendment and explore how American Prohibition served as a period of political coercion that propelled FDR to the presidency and expanded the federal government’s reach.