Today we have a special guest. Her name is Jane Hampton Cook. And I've known Jane and her husband for a few years. She used to work at the White House where she was actually the webmaster. And she had actually worked for Governor George W. Bush and then went to the White House to work for him. And so

she was the webmaster, which was a pretty cool gig. And then since then, she has become a

historian, a commentator. She's an award-winning author. She's written several books. And I have your

book. I'm looking at it right now.

It's called American Phoenix on Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy Adams.

I have another one of your books actually behind me, Battlefields and Blessings.

So your work is surrounding me and, you know, inspiring me. You've been on CNN,

Fox News, C-SPAN, and you have this new book called Resilience on Parade, short stories of

suffragists and women's battle for the vote, which I've, I've been reading and I've really been enjoying it. It's a

fascinating topic. It's something that a few years ago I did an episode on the history of women

who've run for president, so I got a little bit of exposure on the topic of women's history in the United States.

But I learned a lot of things that I didn't know from your work.

So you just published this book.

It's fascinating.

How did you get the idea of doing this?

Well, I was working as a historical consultant with the women's suffrage centennial commission

and the director at the time rebecca cleefish who was a former lieutenant governor of

um wisconsin had given a speech and she turned to me and she said jane you ought to write a book

and so she and i talked about it and um we just, what really drew me, you know,

a lot of the material that I'd read on suffrage was a little dry and dull, frankly. And so,

but when I read her speech, I was like, that's, that, that pulls me in. And I think it's because,

you know, I look at Abigail Adams and I look at her taking initiative.

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